Catalogue of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Peru, with new records of Circoniscus ornatus (Scleropactidae) and Ethelum americanum (Eubelidae)

Abstract

This work aims to list all known species of terrestrial isopods from Peru until September, 2020. Also, Circoniscus ornatus (Verhoeff, 1941) (Scleropactidae) and Ethelum americanum (Dollfus, 1896) (Eubelidae) are recorded for the first time from Nueva Alianza and Nuevo Sucre, Contamana, Loreto department, Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

First record of Pudeoniscidae Lemos de Castro, 1973 (Oniscidea) from Peru, with the description of a new genus and species

“…However, these conclusions are still under debate. About 480 species of Oniscidea have been recorded in South America, most of them placed in the families Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 andScleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 (Schmalfuss 2003;Schmidt & Leistikow 2005;Schmidt 2007;Campos-Filho et al 2018a, 2020, 2021bCardoso et al 2020aCardoso et al , 2020bCardoso et al , 2021Cardoso et al , 2022aCardoso et al , 2022bOcampo-Maceda et al 2022;Carpio-Díaz et al 2018Grangeiro et al 2021;López-Orozco et al 2016. To date, in Peru, 24 species distributed in 12 genera are known so far, i.e., Ligia Fabricius, 1798 (1 sp.)…”