posted on 2023-04-22, 07:11authored byIvanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Jonas Eduardo Gallão, Lilia Senna-Horta, Maria Elina Bichuette
Abstract The present work aims to describe the first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea) from Peru. Caecopactes chullachaqui sp. nov. is described from Cueva de Palestina, Department of San Martín. The new species constitutes the third troglobitic taxon known for the country and extends the knowledge of the distribution of the genus.