Crustacea, Cladocera, Anomopoda, Ilyocryptidae, Ilyocryptus sarsi Stingelin, 1913: a new record and geographic distribution in Brazil

Francisco Sousa; Luciana de Mendonça-Galvão; Lourdes Elmoor-Loureiro; Imailton Rodrigues Júnior

doi:10.15560/6.2.330

Check List 6(2): 330-331, doi: 10.15560/6.2.330

Crustacea, Cladocera, Anomopoda, Ilyocryptidae, Ilyocryptus sarsi Stingelin, 1913: a new record and geographic distribution in Brazil

Francisco Diogo Rocha Sousa, Lourdes M. A. Elmoor-Loureiro, Luciana de Mendonça-Galvão, Imailton Rodrigues Júnior

Corresponding author: Francisco Sousa ( sousa_bio@yahoo.com.br )

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Citation: Sousa F, Mendonça-Galvão L, Elmoor-Loureiro L, Rodrigues Júnior I (2010) Crustacea, Cladocera, Anomopoda, Ilyocryptidae, Ilyocryptus sarsi Stingelin, 1913: a new record and geographic distribution in Brazil. Check List 6(2): 330-331. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.2.330

Abstract

Ilyocryptus sarsi Stingelin, 1913 has a wide distribution in South America, with records from Brazilian states of São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Maranhão, Pará, and Amazonas. The present paper reports, for the first time, the occurrence of I. sarsi in the Brazilian Central Plateau. The specimens were found in a wet campo in a natural protect area Gama-Cabeça-de-Veado in Brasília, Federal District, during the rainy season.

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