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Auranus hehu

Description

Auranus hehu Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012

(Figs 6 A, 7A, 8)

Auranus hehu Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012: 11, figs 5A–E, 13D–F; Kury & Villarreal 2015: 4, 6, 18, 30, figs 4A–C. (Type INPA OP-0983, male holotype).

Complementary description. Penis. Reinterpretation of the chaetotaxy: MS A–B bifid, A1–A3 is inserted dorsolaterally, while B is inserted almost ventrally, following the row of MS A. MS C: three small cylindrical and sharp setae on lateral edge of lamina parva. MS D: one pair of cylindrical and sharp setae inserted basally on laterals of lamina parva. MS E: E1 cylindrical and sharp, grouped with MS C, E2 bifid, inserted ventrally in the malleus. Illustrations of the genital chaetotaxy of this species are available in Kury & Villarreal (2015).

Distribution (Fig. 8): Brazil: Amazonas: Tapirapecó Mountain (type locality).

Material examined: male holotype (INPA-OP 0983), Amazonas, Barcelos, Tapirapecó, 180 m. a.s.l; Leg. A. Nogueira; 29.ix.2006 (photo voucher).

Notes

Published as part of Colmenares, Pío A., Porto, Willians & Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the genus Auranus (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae), with description of two new species, pp. 117-129 in Zootaxa 4103 (2) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/271185

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Stygnidae
Genus
Auranus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Opiliones
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
hehu
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Kury, A. B. & Villarreal, O. (2015) The prickly blade mapped: establishing homologies and chaetotaxy for macrosetae of penis ventral plate in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174, 1 - 46. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / zoj. 12225