A new species of Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Platyarthridae) from Paraná caves, southern Brazil

Abstract

Th e genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 in Brazil includes 22 described species, four of which occur in caves. Th e present work aims at describing the fi rst cave species for the state of Paraná. Trichorhina kaingangi n. sp. was collected in Água Boa cave, municipally of Almirante Tamandaré, and Ermida Paiol do Alto cave, municipally of Adrianópolis, both in the Açungui karst area