New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

Three new species in the genus Niambia are described from southern African caves: N. botswanaensis sp. nov. from Diviner’s Cave (Botswana), N. ghaubensis sp. nov. from Ghaub Cave and N. namibiaensis sp. nov. from Märchen Cave (Namibia). All these species show troglomorphic traits such as absence of...

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Autores principales:	Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso, Gerhard Du Preez, Stefano Taiti, Rodrigo L. Ferreira
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Publicado:	Pensoft Publishers 2021
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:deac8825d597495cb8658d360ee950372021-11-21T04:30:22ZNew troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)10.3897/subtbiol.40.724991314-2615https://doaj.org/article/deac8825d597495cb8658d360ee950372021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/72499/download/pdf/https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/72499/download/xml/https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/72499/https://doaj.org/toc/1314-2615Three new species in the genus Niambia are described from southern African caves: N. botswanaensis sp. nov. from Diviner’s Cave (Botswana), N. ghaubensis sp. nov. from Ghaub Cave and N. namibiaensis sp. nov. from Märchen Cave (Namibia). All these species show troglomorphic traits such as absence of body pigmentation and eyes. These are the first troglobitic species recorded in the genus. Most of the other species of Niambia are epigean and occur in semi-arid environments in the Afrotropical Region.Giovanna Monticelli CardosoGerhard Du PreezStefano TaitiRodrigo L. FerreiraPensoft PublishersarticleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENSubterranean Biology, Vol 40, Iss , Pp 91-108 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso Gerhard Du Preez Stefano Taiti Rodrigo L. Ferreira New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
description	Three new species in the genus Niambia are described from southern African caves: N. botswanaensis sp. nov. from Diviner’s Cave (Botswana), N. ghaubensis sp. nov. from Ghaub Cave and N. namibiaensis sp. nov. from Märchen Cave (Namibia). All these species show troglomorphic traits such as absence of body pigmentation and eyes. These are the first troglobitic species recorded in the genus. Most of the other species of Niambia are epigean and occur in semi-arid environments in the Afrotropical Region.
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author	Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso Gerhard Du Preez Stefano Taiti Rodrigo L. Ferreira
author_facet	Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso Gerhard Du Preez Stefano Taiti Rodrigo L. Ferreira
author_sort	Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso
title	New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
title_short	New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
title_full	New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
title_fullStr	New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
title_full_unstemmed	New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
title_sort	new troglobitic species of niambia from botswana and namibia (crustacea, isopoda, oniscidea)
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/deac8825d597495cb8658d360ee95037
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New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

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