01769nas a2200205 4500008004100000022001400041245020800055210006900263260001600332300000800348490000900356520099200365653001701357653001601374653003301390653002901423100002601452700002801478856005701506 2015 eng d a1175-532600aEndecous peruassuensis n. sp. (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves of Eastern Brazil: evidence of isolation in the subterranean realm and discussion about troglomorphisms0 aemEndecousem emperuassuensisem n sp Orthoptera Grylloidea Phalan cApr-10-2016 a2970 v40323 a

We describe a new species of the genus Endecous Saussure (1878), recorded at the Lapa do Cipó and Olhos d’Água caves, which are located in the Itacarambi municipality, Minas Gerais state, Eastern Brazil. Another species, E. aguassay Mews, 2008 was recordedin the surroundings of the caves. The genus Endecous corresponds to the most common cricket in Bra- zilian hypogean environments. In general, these crickets inhabit the areas around cave entrances up to the aphotic zones of caves. The genus Endecous is the only cave cricket to present troglobiomorphosis, i.e., an apterous condition. The dis- tribution of the new species is limited to these two caves, which suggests an endemism in this karst system similar to the distribution of other endemic animals, such as harvestmen and amblypygid arachnids. This species is the sixth troglobitic one described for Olhos d’Água cave, which sets this cave as a spot of subterranean fauna in Brazil.

10acave cricket10anew species10aPeruaƧu Caves National Park10asubterranean environment1 aBolfarini, Marcio, P.1 aBichuette, Maria, Elina uhttp://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4032.3