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List of works by Maria Elina Bichuette

A Lista de Fauna Ameaçada de Extinção e os Entraves para a Inclusão de Espécies o Exemplo dos Peixes Troglóbios Brasileiros

scientific article published in 2012

A new cave dwelling species of Ituglanis from the São Domingos karst, central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)

scholarly article

A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior

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A new centipede Schendylops Cook from eastern Brazil: the first troglobitic geophilomorph for South America (Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae)

scientific article published in November 2019

A new genus and two new species of the millipede family Chelodesmidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a likely troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

scientific article published on 20 June 2022

A new highly specialized cave harvestman from Brazil and the first blind species of the genus: Iandumoema smeagol sp. n. (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

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A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

A new species of Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 (Oniscidea, Philosciidae) from caves of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

scientific article published on 26 March 2023

A new species of Scolopocryptops Newport: a troglobitic scolopocryptopine centipede from a remarkable siliciclastic area of eastern Brazil (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Scolopocryptopinae)

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A new species of cave dwelling Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Bahia state, Brazil, with remarks on taxonomic characters

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A new species of cave-dwelling Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Minas Gerais state, Brazil with a key to species of the genus

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of the troglobitic genus Spelaeogammarus da Silva Brum, 1975 (Amphipoda: Artesiidae) from a cave in the Brazilian semi-arid region, with new records of its congener, Spelaeogammarus spinilacertus Koenemann and Holsinger, 2000

scientific article published in 2022

A population study of epigean and subterranean Potamolithus snails from southeast Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)

scientific article published in September 2003

A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves: hidden species diversity that needs conservation (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

An important site for conservation of bats in Brazil: Passa Três cave, São Domingos karst area, with an updated checklist for Distrito Federal (DF) and Goiás state

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Aquatic biota of different karst habitats in epigean and subterranean systems of Central Brazil – visibility versus relevance of taxa

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Aspidoras mephisto, new species: The first troglobitic Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from South America

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Beauty underground: cavefishes in China

scientific article published on 4 September 2018

Biology and behavior of Eigenmannia vicentespelaea, a troglobitic electric fish from Brazil (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): a comparison to the epigean species, E. trilineata, and the consequences of cave life

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Brazilian obligatory subterranean fauna and threats to the hypogean environment.

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Cave-dwelling gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Brazil: state of the art and conservation

scientific article published in 2022

Characterization and perspectives on studies of subterranean invertebrate communities in Latin America

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Coarazuphium auleri sp. n. (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new troglobitic ground-beetle in Central-Western Brazil

scholarly article published in 2021

Coarazuphium bambui (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new cave-dwelling beetle from the threatened region of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil

scientific article published on 29 April 2022

Contributions to the terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published on 26 September 2018

Cure from the cave: volcanic cave actinomycetes and their potential in drug discovery

scientific article published in January 2013

Cylindroniscus platoi (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae), a new cave-dwelling species from Lagoa Santa Karst, Southeastern Brazil

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Distribution of cave-dwelling Aegla spp. (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae) from the Alto Ribeira karstic area in southeastern Brazil based on geomorphological evidence

scientific article published in January 2013

Distribution of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) in Brazil

scientific article published on 9 October 2018

Diversity of Potamolithus (Littorinimorpha, Truncatelloidea) in a high-diversity spot for troglobites in southeastern Brazil: role of habitat fragmentation in the origin of subterranean fauna, and conservation status

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Does the Cave Environment Reduce Functional Diversity?

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Effectiveness of quadrat sampling on terrestrial cave fauna survey - a case study in a Neotropical cave

scientific article published in July 2015

Endecous peruassuensis n. sp. (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves of Eastern Brazil: evidence of isolation in the subterranean realm and discussion about troglomorphisms

scientific article (publication date: 16 October 2015)

Expanding the knowledge on the diversity of the cavernicolous Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952 (Oniscidea, Synocheta) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species from the semiarid karst regions

scientific article published on 18 May 2022

First amphibious Crinocheta (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Neotropics with a troglobitic status: a relictual distribution

scientific article published in 2024

First record of Amphoromorpha/ Basidiobolus fungus on centipedes (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae) from Brazilian caves

scholarly article

First record of Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) for caves in Brazil: evidence for a troglophile status of an exotic species

scientific article published on 18 January 2015

First record of the family Pseudochiridiidae (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from continental South America—a Pseudochiridium from a Brazilian cave

scientific article (publication date: 2 December 2014)

First report of armored catfishes Callichthyinae Bonaparte, 1838 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the subterranean domain of northern and northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Four new troglophilic species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832: contributions to the knowledge of recluse spiders from Brazilian caves (Araneae, Sicariidae)

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Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Geometric morphometrics throws light on evolution of the subterranean catfishRhamdiopsis krugi(Teleostei: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in eastern Brazil

scientific article published on 20 October 2014

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

scientific article published in 2023

Hidden in the caves: a new troglobitic species of Spaeleoleptes and the type species redescription (Opiliones, Laniatores)

scientific article published in 2024

Influence of abiotic variables on the bat fauna of a granitic cave and its surroundings in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published in 2016

Influence of substrate on the richness and composition of Neotropical cave fauna

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Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambaí karst area, central Brazil

scientific article published in December 2014

Light from dark: A relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in South America.

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MARCIO P. BOLFARINI & MARIA ELINA BICHUETTE (2015) Endecous peruassuensis n. sp. (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves of Eastern Brazil: evidence of isolation in the subterranean realm and discussion about troglomorphisms. Zootaxa, 40

erratum published on 23 December 2015

Megafauna from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of the Upper Ribeira karst area, southeast Brazil

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Microbial biomass has a key role in immobilization of organic nitrogen in Russão II cave (Goiás, Brazil)

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Monitoring Brazilian Cavefish: Ecology and Conservation of Four Threatened Catfish of Genus Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Central Brazil

scientific article published in 2021

Morphology and distribution of the cave knifefish Eigenmannia vicentespelaea Triques, 1996 (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from Central Brazil, with an expanded diagnosis and comments on subterranean evolution

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Natural history and population data of fishes in caves of the Serra do Ramalho karst area, Middle São Francisco basin, northeastern Brazil

scientific article published in March 2009

New Records of Ground Beetles Genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini) from Brazilian Caves

scientific article published in 2023

New records of cave-inhabiting Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Brazil

scientific article published in 2021

New records of the troglobitic Hyalella veredae Cardoso & Bueno, 2014 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Minas Gerais caves, southeast Brazil, with notes on its natural history

scientific article published in 2021

New records of two endemic troglobitic and threatened arachnids (Amblypygi and Opiliones) from limestone caves of Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil

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New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) of the families Philosciidae and Scleropactidae from Brazilian caves

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Nutrient availability in tropical caves influences the dynamics of microbial biomass

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

On the enigmatic troglobitic scorpion Troglorhopalurus translucidus: distribution, description of adult females, life history and comments on Rhopalurus lacrau (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

scientific article published in 2016

Phylogenetic position of the relict South American genus Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911 (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea), with the description of two new cave species

scientific article published on 14 September 2022

Pimelodella spelaea: A New Cave Catfish from Central Brazil, with Data on Ecology and Evolutionary Considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)

scientific article published in May 2004

Population density and habitat of an endangered cave fish Eigenmannia vicentespelaea Triques, 1996 (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) from a karst area in central Brazil

scientific article published in March 2015

Population dynamics of two troglobitic Troglorhopalurus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) scorpions from Brazil

scientific article published on 8 October 2018

Projection of tourist scenarios onto fragility maps: Framework for determination of provisional tourist carrying capacity in a Brazilian show cave

scientific article published in April 2013

Pseudonannolene canastra sp. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) – a new troglobitic millipede from the southwestern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Racekiela cavernicola (Porifera: Demospongiae) new species and the first record of cave freshwater sponge from Brazil

scientific article published on 30 April 2010

Rediscovery and redescription of the unusual subterranean characiform Stygichthys typhlops, with notes on its life history.

scientific article published in May 2010

Richness and taxonomic distinctness of cave invertebrates from the northeastern state of Goiás, central Brazil: a vulnerable and singular area

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Shape variation of Aegla schmitti (Crustacea, Decapoda, Aeglidae) associated to superficial and subterranean stream reaches

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

Spatial distribution and population data of cave millipedes, genus Pseudonannolene Silvestri, 1895 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) from Brazil

scientific article published on 2 October 2018

Spontaneous behavior of basal Copionodontinae cave catfishes from Brazil (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Spooky Interaction at a Distance in Cave and Surface Dwelling Electric Fishes

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Spots of high diversity of troglobites in Brazil: the challenge of measuring subterranean diversity

scientific article published on 11 July 2016

Subterranean Fishes of Brazil

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

Subterranean fishes of the world: an account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004

scientific article published in March 2007

Surface and subterranean ichthyofauna in the Serra do Ramalho karst area, northeastern Brazil, with updated lists of Brazilian troglobitic and troglophilic fishes

scientific article published in December 2008

Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves, with emphasis on new records from north, midwest, northeast and southeast regions

scientific article published in 2019

Taxonomic distinctness and conservation of a new high biodiversity subterranean area in Brazil.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Taxonomic study on a collection of terrestrial and freshwater gastropods from caves in Bahia state, Brazil, with the description of a new species

Terrestrial filamentous fungi from Gruta do Catão (São Desidério, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil) show high levels of cellulose degradation

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Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

The Laterosensory Canal System in Epigean and Subterranean Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), With Comments About Troglomorphism and the Phylogeny of the Genus.

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

The first record of external abnormalities in the subterranean Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aeglidae), from a karst area of Southeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

The first troglobiotic species of the family Pudeoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

The first troglobitic Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the karst area of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil: a threatened species

The first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Peru

scientific article published in 2023

Three new species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published in 2024

Three new species of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published in 2016

Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil

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Trichomycterus dali: a new highly troglomorphic catfish (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae) from Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil

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Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Two new species of Neotroponiscus Arcangeli, 1936 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves

scientific article published on 19 March 2017

Two new species of freshwater flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) from South American caves

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Two new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a remarkable threatened troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

scientific article published in 2022

Under threat: Two new troglobitic species of Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from sandstone and limestone caves in Brazil

scholarly article published in 2021

Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves – two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil

scholarly article published in 2022