01522nas a2200145   4500008004100000020002300041245014400064210006900208260003500277300001200312520095700324100002201281700002401303856004901327       2018                        eng d  a1313-29891313-297000aSearching for shelter in a ferruginous cave? A new species of Pasipha from a plateau in the Brazilian savanna (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)0 aSearching for shelter in a ferruginous cave A new species of Pas  bPensoft Publishersc2018/07/26  a13 - 253 aIn a fauna survey in the eastern margin of Serra do Espinhaço Plateau, in an area belonging to the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado phytophysiognomy), a land flatworm was sampled in a ferruginous cave. Anatomical and histological analyses indicated that it belongs to a new species of the genus Pasipha, which is herein described. The new species shows an almost homogenous dark brown dorsal pigmentation, eyes spreading over the dorsal surface, a collar-shaped pharynx, and a prostatic vesicle with two portions separated by a canal. It differs from similar species mainly by anatomical and histological details of the ejaculatory duct, as well as male and female atria. The flatworm shows no troglomorphic traits and was collected once in the entrance zone of the cave. Hence, despite representing the first land flatworm species described from a Neotropical cave, we consider that its occurrence in the cave is probably occasional, using it as a shelter.1 aLeal-Zanchet, Ana1 aMarques, Alessandro  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100782