Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) in termite nests (Blattodea: Termitidae) in a cocoa plantation in Brazil

Authors

  • Jonathas Teixeira Lisboa Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC
  • Erminda da Conceição Guerreiro Couto Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC
  • Pollyanna Pereira Santos Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV
  • Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz – UESC
  • Paula Beatriz Araujo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências

Keywords:

Termitariophilous, Nasutitermes, Atlantoscia

Abstract

Various animals live in termite nests as secondary occupants. Among them are terrestrial isopods. We found five species of terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) in 17 of 34 termite nests of Nasutitermes in a cocoa plantation near Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil (in 2 aging and 15 abandoned nests). The 14 active, 1 aging and 2 abandoned nests bore no isopods. The oniscideans were Atlantoscia rubromarginata, an undescribed species of Atlantoscia (Philosciidae), Pudeoniscus birabeni, P. obscurus (Pudeoniscidae) and Neotroponiscus carolii (Bathytropidae). Of the 146 individuals collected, 122 were A. rubromarginata. Due to the absence of isopods in active nests, these terrestrial isopods are considered termitariophilous.
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Published

2013-09-01

How to Cite

Lisboa, J. T., Couto, E. da C. G., Santos, P. P., Delabie, J. H. C., & Araujo, P. B. (2013). Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) in termite nests (Blattodea: Termitidae) in a cocoa plantation in Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1257

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2013): v13n3

Section

Short Communications