Zeppelini, Douglas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-1129
de Brito, Roniere Andrade https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-7673
Ferreira, Aila Soares https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7544-3944
Lopes, Bruna Carolline Honório
Brito, Nathan Paiva https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-4339
de Oliveira Neto, Misael Augusto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-2443
de Lima, Estevam Cipriano Araujo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1680-4818
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Environment Facility (Project #029840)
Fundação Parque Tecnológico da Paraíba (Process UEPB/Mineração Ferro Puro #100/2024)
Universidade Estadual Da Paraiba
Article History
Received: 23 February 2026
Accepted: 11 August 2026
First Online: 14 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval: Not applicable.
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Data Transparency: Sequence data used in this study are all available via GenBank. The morphological matrix and associated scripts are available in the repository: .