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Issue: Vol. 5810 No. 1: 14 May 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.9
Page range: 179-183
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New combination in the genus Brasiloniscus Cardoso, Campos-Filho & Araujo, 2018 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Pudeoniscidae)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (PPG-ERN); Universidade de São Carlos; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brasil.; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos Neotropicales; Universidad de Cartagena; Programa de Biología; Campus San Pablo; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (PPG-ERN); Universidade de São Carlos; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brasil.; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos Neotropicales; Universidad de Cartagena; Programa de Biología; Campus San Pablo; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia.; Grupo de investigación GIBEAM; Universidad del Sinú; Elías Bechara Zainúm; Seccional Cartagena; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (PPG-ERN); Universidade de São Carlos; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brasil.; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos Neotropicales; Universidad de Cartagena; Programa de Biología; Campus San Pablo; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia.
Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus.
Crustacea Oniscidea Pudeoniscidae Brasiloniscus new combination

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How to Cite

Borja-Arrieta, R., López-Orozco, C.M., Carpio-Díaz, Y.M. & Campos-Filho, I.S. (2026) New combination in the genus Brasiloniscus Cardoso, Campos-Filho & Araujo, 2018 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Pudeoniscidae). Zootaxa, 5810 (1), 179–183. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.9