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A new species of Imeri (Opiliones: Stygnidae: Heterostygninae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Authors :
Amanda Coronato-Ribeiro
Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha
Cristina Anne Rheims
Source :
Zoologia (Curitiba), Vol 30, Iss 3, Pp 329-332 (2013)
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, 2013.

Abstract

A new species of Stygnidae Simon, 1879, Imeri ajuba sp. nov., is described based on males and females from Coari, Amazonas, Brazil. The new species, differs from the only other species of the genus, Imerilomanhungae Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012, in having the following characteristics: three white marks on posterior margin of dorsal scutum, one white mark on free tergite I, three pairs of tubercles on area I, one pair of tubercles on area II, femur IV with ventromesal row of five tubercles, truncus of penis with six pairs of setae on lateral and ventral sides and ventral plate with two pairs of distal setae on dorsal portion.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19844689 and 19844670
Volume :
30
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Zoologia (Curitiba)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.49f0d4cff12430f8935c9abfbf8a91b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000300011