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RECENT PAPERS ON MEXICAN CAVE BIOLOGY69by James ReddellThis will be the first of several annotated lists ofpapers dealing with the cave biology of Mexico. Most of thefollowing papers have been a result of collections made bymembers of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies.1. Barr, Thomas C., Jr. 1965. "A new cavernicolous sphodrinefrom Veracruz, Mexico (Coleoptera: Carabidae).flColeopterists' Mexis Bull., 19:65-72.hodrus veraecrucis, new genus and new species, isdescr1bed from Sotano del Profesor, Tequila, Veracruz,based on specimens collected by Terry Raines and BillBell. This is the first true carabid beetle of thetribe Sphodrini known in the Western Hemisphere and isprobably a troglobite.2. Bowman, Thomas E. 1964. I1Antrolana lira, a new genus andspecies of troglobitic cirolanld Isopoa-rrom Madison Cave,Virginia." International J. Speleology, 1(1-2):229-236,pl. 5C>-57.In addition to describing Antrolana lira, new genus andspecies, from Virginia and redescribing Cirolanidestexensis from Texas caves, this paper includes a key tothe genera of cirolanid isopods of the Western Hemisphere.The Mexican s~eocirolana is elevated from subgenericto generic ran. This genus has two troglobiticspecies, S. pelaezi and S. bolivari, both known onlyfrom Mexican caves.3. Bowman, Thomas E. 1965. "Xilitloniscus, a new genus forthe Mexican troglobitic iso~od, Cordioniscus laevis Rioja(Oniscoidea: Trichoniscidae).11 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,78:209-216.A new genus, Xilitloniscus, is erected for the troglcbiticterrestrial isopod, Cordioniscus laevis Rioja.Originally described in 1956 from Cueva de la Hoya, nearXilitla, in San Luis Potos!, on one female, collectionsof both males and females in Cueva de la Porra by BillRussell and in Cueva de la Selva by Terry Raines and BillBell have allowed the species to be redescribed andplaced in the correct genus.4. Causey, Nell B. 1963. IIMexiterpes sabinus, new genus andnew sPtecies, a Mexican Troglobite (Diplopoda: Trichopetalidae).I Psyche, 70(4):235-239.A new genus and species of milliped, Mexiterpes sabinus,is described from Sotano del Arroyo, near Ciudad Valles,San Luis Potos!. It was collected in November 1962 byJames Reddell. This is the first Mexican record for thefamily Trichopetalidae. Only one specimen, a female,has been described.
5.6.7.8.90Causey, Nell B. 1964. "New cavernicolous millipeds of thefamily Cambalidae (cambalidea: Spirostreptida) from Texas(U.S.A.) and Mexico." International J. Speleology, 1(1-2):237-246, pl. 58-59.In addition to the description of one species with twosUbspecies from Texas and the redescription of one Texasspecies, a new genus and species of cambalid milliped,Mexicambala russelli, is described. This species representsthe first Mexican record for the family Cambalidaeand was collected in Cueva de la Porra, near Xilitla,San Luis Potosi, by Bill Russell.Causey, Nell B. 1964. "Two new troglobitic millipeds ofthe genus Glomeroides from Mexico (Glomerida: Glomeridae)."Proc. Louisiana Acad. Sci., 27:63-66.Glomeroides caecus, new species, is described from s6tanode Huitzmolotitla, San Luis Potosi, on material collectedby Terry Raines and Tommy Phillips. Glomeroides promiscus,new species, is described from Sotano de Gomez Farias,Cueva de Rancho del Cielo No.3, and Cueva de Rancho delCielo No.7, on material collected by James Reddell,David McKenzie, and Larry Manire. The order Glomeridahad previously been reported only once from Mexico. Bothspecies are troglobitic.Hendrichs, J., and C. Bolivar y Pieltain. 1966. "Hallazgode un nuevo Mexisphodrus cavernicola en el estado de Hidalgo(Mexico): M. ,ertschi nov. sp. (Ins. Col., Carab.)."Ciencia, 2,(1 :7-10, lam. I.Mexisphodrus gertschi, new species, is described from asmall cave in a road cut near Jacala (named by us, Cuevade El Ocote). This is the second species of the genusMexisphodrus to be described from Mexico. This specieswas collected by Drs. W. J. Gertsch and Wilton Ivie ofthe American Museum of Natural History. It is apparentlya troglophile.Schultz, George A. 1964. IIMexiconiscus tlamayaensis, a newgenus and species of terrestrial cave isopod from San LuisPotosi, Mexico. 1I Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc., 83(4):37&-380.Mexiconiscus tlamataensis, a new genus and species oftroglobitic terres rial isopod, is described from s6tanode Huitzmolotitla, near Tlamaya, San Luis Potosi. Onlyone male specimen is known; it was found in November1962 by T. R. Evans. .Schultz, George A. 1965. IITerrestrial isopods from cavesand mines in Texas and northern Mexico with a descriptionof Venezillo tanneri (Mulaik and Mulaik) allotype." TexasJ. ScI., 17(1):101-109.Terrestrial isopods are reported from twenty Texas andtwo Mexico caves. The Mexican records are of specialinterest. Porcellio gertschi J reported here from Cuevade los Lagos, near Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, had previouslybeen known only from a surface collection near CiudadValles, San Luis Potosi. Venezillo tanneri, reported70
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RECENT PAPERS ON MEXICAN CAVE BIOLOGY69by James ReddellThis will be the first of several annotated lists ofpapers dealing with the cave biology of Mexico. Most of thefollowing papers have been a result of collections made bymembers of the <strong>Association</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mexican</strong> <strong>Cave</strong> <strong>Studies</strong>.1. Barr, Thomas C., Jr. 1965. "A new cavernicolous sphodrinefrom Veracruz, Mexico (Coleoptera: Carabidae).flColeopterists' Mexis Bull., 19:65-72.hodrus veraecrucis, new genus and new species, isdescr1bed from Sotano del Profesor, Tequila, Veracruz,based on specimens collected by Terry Raines and BillBell. This is the first true carabid beetle of thetribe Sphodrini known in the Western Hemisphere and isprobably a troglobite.2. Bowman, Thomas E. 1964. I1Antrolana lira, a new genus andspecies of troglobitic cirolanld Isopoa-rrom Madison <strong>Cave</strong>,Virginia." International J. Speleology, 1(1-2):229-236,pl. 5C>-57.In addition to describing Antrolana lira, new genus andspecies, from Virginia and redescribing Cirolanidestexensis from Texas caves, this paper includes a key tothe genera of cirolanid isopods of the Western Hemisphere.The <strong>Mexican</strong> s~eocirolana is elevated from subgenericto generic ran. This genus has two troglobiticspecies, S. pelaezi and S. bolivari, both known onlyfrom <strong>Mexican</strong> caves.3. Bowman, Thomas E. 1965. "Xilitloniscus, a new genus <strong>for</strong>the <strong>Mexican</strong> troglobitic iso~od, Cordioniscus laevis Rioja(Oniscoidea: Trichoniscidae).11 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,78:209-216.A new genus, Xilitloniscus, is erected <strong>for</strong> the troglcbiticterrestrial isopod, Cordioniscus laevis Rioja.Originally described in 1956 from Cueva de la Hoya, nearXilitla, in San Luis Potos!, on one female, collectionsof both males and females in Cueva de la Porra by BillRussell and in Cueva de la Selva by Terry Raines and BillBell have allowed the species to be redescribed andplaced in the correct genus.4. Causey, Nell B. 1963. IIMexiterpes sabinus, new genus andnew sPtecies, a <strong>Mexican</strong> Troglobite (Diplopoda: Trichopetalidae).I Psyche, 70(4):235-239.A new genus and species of milliped, Mexiterpes sabinus,is described from Sotano del Arroyo, near Ciudad Valles,San Luis Potos!. It was collected in November 1962 byJames Reddell. This is the first <strong>Mexican</strong> record <strong>for</strong> thefamily Trichopetalidae. Only one specimen, a female,has been described.
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