New Australonura Cassagnau 1980 (Neanuridae: Neanurinae) from Brazil

Abstract

Two new species of Australonura Cassagnau 1980 from Brazil, Australonura neotropica sp. nov. and Australonura gili sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The species occur in sympatry at a high altitude plateau of the ‘Serra de Itatiaia’, a mountainous range in the southeast region of the country. These two species are the first record of Australonura for Brazil. A modified diagnosis of the genus is provided.

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8B898086-A0D4-4219-B5F4-EEA5D912F097

Keywords:

• Paleonurini
• taxonomy
• chaetotaxy
• Neotropics

Acknowledgements

We thank the ICMBio staff of Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, CAPES for financial support and the scholarship PDSE # 18865/12-7 for the first author.