Two new species of are described, from Cerro Bañaderos in Hatonuevo, La Guajira, and from Roca Madre Cave, Toluviejo, Sucre, both from the Tropical Dry Forest (TDF) areas of the Colombian Caribbean. The latter represent the first troglobitic species of the genus. Moreover, based on specimens from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena (type locality), is placed into and an identification key for all species of the genus is given. The present work describes the first troglobitic species of the genus, and expand the knowledge of its distribution in northern South America.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11747780 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.133267 | DOI Listing |
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