The unique properties of terrestrial isopods regarding responses to limiting factors such as
drought and temperature have led to interesting distributional patterns along climatic and …

All species of Brazilian terrestrial isopod known up to date, including references and
distribution information, are listed. The list comprises 189 valid species, 135 of which are …

A new genus of Styloniscidae, Chaimowiczia gen. nov., is described with two new species:
Chaimowiczia tatus sp. nov. from Gruta do Padre cave (Santana, Bahia) and Chaimowiczia …

We present an assemblage of terrestrial isopods in Parque Estadual de Itapuã, southern
Brazil, and estimate the contribution of two species to the leaf litter processing. After one …

Abstract The neotropical genus Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 includes three species, A.
floridana Van Name, 1940, occurring in coastal regions of Florida (USA), Brazil, Argentina …

For many animal species, there is a relationship between life history strategies, as predicted
by the r–K-selection theory, degree of habitat specialization and response to habitat …

Uma grande coleção de isópodes terrestres de diferentes regiões brasileiras foi examinada.
Duas novas espécies de Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (Scleropactidae) são …

Although new methods and data are conquering space in the field of taxonomy, such as
integrative taxonomy, most terrestrial isopod species are still described based only on …

Identification to the species level using morphology is challenging when usual diagnostic
characters are similar amongst related taxa. Within the Neotropical genus Atlantoscia …

The soil is a heterogeneous habitat with layers that differ in many aspects. Soil animals'
morphological adaptations relate to specific microhabitat. We compared cuticle surface …