Open-access New species and first record of Alloniscus Dana, 1854 (Isopoda: Oniscidae: Alloniscidae) from Brazil

The genus Alloniscus Dana, 1854 includes 23 known species occurring exclusively in littoral habitats. The genus has never been recorded from the Atlantic coastal region of the Americas. This work describes the new species Alloniscus buckupi n. sp. from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, and provides the first record of the genus from the Atlantic coastal region.

KEY WORDS
Coastal region; Neotropical region; taxonomy; Paraíba

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