title: Rowlandius dumitrescoaespecies group: new diagnosis, key and description of new cave-dwelling species from Brazil (Schizomida, Hubbardiidae).
abstract: TheRowlandius dumitrescoaespecies group is reviewed and rediagnosed, and its composition is revised. The group now includesRowlandius cousinensis,Rowlandius decui,Rowlandius dumitrescoae,Rowlandius insignis,Rowlandius linsduarte,Rowlandius monensis,Rowlandius peckorum,Rowlandius potiguar,Rowlandius sul,Rowlandius ubajara, andRowlandius pedrosoisp. n.A new species is described from a cave in northeast Brazil (Santa Quitéria, Ceará). Identification keys and distributional maps are provided for the species of the group. Sixteen species of Schizomida, including five ofRowlandius, are currently recognized from Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, LIRN-IOC-FIOCRUZ, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandro Ponce de Leão
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Giupponi
authors.affiliation: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.
authors.forename: Gustavo Silva
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: de Miranda
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Invertebrados, Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Osvaldo M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Villarreal
keywords: Diversity; Hubbardiinae; Neotropics; Schizomids; Short-tailed whipscorpion; taxonomy