A New Species of Brasilotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) and a Contribution to the Knowledge of the Relationship Between Microcaecilia and Brasilotyphlus

Authors

• Larissa Lima Correia, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
• Pedro M. S. Nunes, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
• Tony Gamble, Marquette UniversityFollow
• Adriano Oliveira Maciel, Universidade Federal do Pará
• Sergio Marques-Souza, Universidade de São Paulo
• Antoine Fouquet, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversit Biologique (EDB)
• Miguel T. Rodrigues, Universidade de São Paulo
• Tami Mott, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2018

Publisher

Magnolia Press

Source Publication

Zootaxa

Source ISSN

1175-5326

Original Item ID

10.11646/zootaxa.4527.2.2

Abstract

A third species of Brasilotyphlus, a siphonopid caecilian, is described based on six specimens from two twin mountains in Roraima state, northern Brazil. Brasilotyphlus dubium sp. nov. differs from all other congeners in having a combination of 123–129 primary annuli and 9–16 secondary annular grooves. The first molecular data were generated and analyzed for Brasilotyphlus, and the genus was recovered as monophyletic and nested within a paraphyletic Microcaecilia. The extent of genetic and taxonomic sampling, and moderate phylogenetic support are not considered sufficient enough to place Brasilotyphlus in the synonymy of Microcaecilia.

Comments

Zootaxa, Vol. 4527, No. 2 (December 2018): 186-196. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Correia, Larissa Lima; Nunes, Pedro M. S.; Gamble, Tony; Maciel, Adriano Oliveira; Marques-Souza, Sergio; Fouquet, Antoine; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; and Mott, Tami, "A New Species of Brasilotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) and a Contribution to the Knowledge of the Relationship Between Microcaecilia and Brasilotyphlus" (2018). Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 1016.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bio_fac/1016