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Huasteca Cruz-López & Francke, 2019, sp. nov.

Description

Identification key for the four known species of Huasteca. based on both sexes

1. Dorsum covered by many small tubercles (Figure 1 (bıc))............................................. 2

1 ʹ. Dorsum rugoseı without small tubercles (Figure 1 (aıd))................................................ 3

2. Size of the third trochanter similar to the rest (Cruz-López and Francke 2015: figure 48a)....................................................................................................................................... H. rugosa

2 ʹ. Third trochanter noticeably larger than the rest (Cruz-López and Francke 2015: figure 51a)........................................................................................................................ H. silhavyi

3. Lateral channels limited to lateral edges of the scutum (Figure 1 (a)ı 6(a))..... H. gratiosa

3 ʹ. Lateral channels running over central mesotergum and forming two lateral heartshaped ditches (Figure 1 (d)ı 6(dıe)).......................................... Huasteca kardia sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Cruz-López, Jesús A. & Francke, Oscar F., 2019, New species of the cave-dwelling genus Huasteca (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae: Karosinae) ı from Northern Oaxacaı Mexicoı with a SEM survey of the sexually dimorphic areas on legs and structures related to chelicerae in the genus, pp. 1451-1464 in Journal of Natural History 53 (23) on page 1453, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1657194, http://zenodo.org/record/3670139

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  • Cruz-Lopez JAi Francke OF. 2015. Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the genus Karos goodnight & goodnighti 1944 (Opilionesi Laniatoresi Stygnopsidae). Zool J Linn Soc. 175: 827 - 891. doi: 10.1111 / zoj. 12299