Chagas Amazonas, Bichuette Maria Elina
Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Avenida Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.
Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235, CP 676, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Zookeys. 2018 Feb 12(737):13-56. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.737.20307. eCollection 2018.
This study revises centipede fauna found in Brazilian caves, focusing on troglomorphic taxa and emphasizing conservation status. We present 563 centipede specimens from 274 caves across eleven Brazilian states. Of these, 22 records were derived from existing literature and 252 are newly collected. Specimens represent four orders, ten families, 18 genera, and 47 morphospecies. Together, the cave records represent 21 % of Brazil's centipede fauna. Scolopendromorpha was the most representative order (41 %), followed by Geophilomorpha (26 %), Scutigeromorpha (23 %), and Lithobiomorpha (10 %). Six species were found only in caves, with four considered troglobitic. The distribution of , the first Brazilian troglobitic centipede species to be discovered, was expanded to other three caves. and are two troglobitic species considered Vulnerable and Endangered, respectively, according to the IUCN Red List. Main threats to Brazilian caves are mining, hydroelectric projects, water pollution, and unregulated tourism.
本研究对巴西洞穴中的蜈蚣动物群进行了修订，重点关注洞穴形态类群，并强调保护状况。我们展示了来自巴西11个州274个洞穴的563份蜈蚣标本。其中，22条记录来自现有文献，252条是新采集的。标本代表了4个目、10个科、18个属和47个形态种。洞穴记录总计占巴西蜈蚣动物群的21%。石蜈蚣目是最具代表性的目（41%），其次是地蜈蚣目（26%）、蚰蜒目（23%）和石蜈蚣目（10%）。有6个物种仅在洞穴中被发现，其中4个被认为是洞穴特有种。首个被发现的巴西洞穴特有蜈蚣物种——的分布范围扩大到了另外3个洞穴。根据世界自然保护联盟红色名录，和这两个洞穴特有物种分别被视为易危和濒危物种。巴西洞穴面临的主要威胁包括采矿、水电项目、水污染和无节制的旅游业。
