Values before 2022-06-17
ID8057
Namecanga
AuthorPinto-da-Rocha and Andrade
Authority year2012
Authority parentheses0
Is fossil0
Taxon rankspecies
Taxon statusaccepted
Genus gender
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:1d556018-8e88-4441-9030-7ab7abac9984
Original combinationCryptocellus canga
Type repositoryType info: Male
Type: Holotype
Type repository: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil (46554)
Type info: 1 female, same locality as holotype
Type: Paratype
Type repository: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil (46554)
Type info: 12 males, 10 female, various caves
Type repository: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil; MPEG; and IBSP
Parent taxonID: 658
Name: Cryptocellus
Additional taxon dataRealm: South America
Locus typicus: Gruta S11D-12, Flona Carajás, Pará, Brazil.
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Etymology:

A lateritic hard crust of iron hydroxide with or without ore fragments, called ‘canga’ develops covering the iron formations and high-grade ore bodies. The term ‘canga’ was first used by local miners and originates from ‘Itapanhoa- canga’, Indian term, which means stone of a black man’s head.


Taxon comment:
Country: BRA
Distribution comment:
Locus typicusLatitude: -6.395833
Longitude: -50.359444
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Subgenus idID: 0