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Discocyrtanus bugre

Discocyrtanus bugre Kury & Carvalho, 2016 (from original description)

Suborder

Laniatores

Superfamily

Gonyleptoidea

Family

Gonyleptidae

Subfamily

Roeweriinae

Genus

Discocyrtanus

Discocyrtanus bugre Kury & Carvalho, 2016 is a member of the genus Discocyrtanus (Laniatores:Gonyleptidae).[1]

Taxonomy[]

  • Discocyrtanus bugre Kury & Carvalho 2016: 128, figs. 1c–e, 2a, 3a–c, 5, 6.

Diagnosis[]

Area III with a pair of paramedian rounded acuminate tubercles (high compared to D. goyazius, D. pertenuis comb. nov. and D. oliverioi comb. nov. and sharper than D. tocantinensis sp. nov.), slightly curved backwards. Area IV with transverse row of 3 rounded tubercles (larger and higher in comparison to D. goyazius, D. pertenuis comb. nov. and D. oliverioi comb. nov.). Tr IV of ♂ with prodorsal distal apophysis as a stout hook; Fe IV retrolateral proximal of ♂ with 2 spatulated spines, what does not occur in the other Discocyrtanus); Fe IV proventral distal with row of 7 spatulate spines (iiiIIIi).[1]

Type data[]

  • Discocyrtanus bugre: ♂ holotype ♀ paratype (MNRJ 2400), BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Barra dos Bugres.

Records[]

BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Barra dos Bugres; Chapada dos Guimarães; Santo Antônio do Leverger; Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade (Kury & Carvalho, 2016).

Distribution[]

BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Barra dos Bugres; Chapada dos Guimarães; Santo Antônio do Leverger; Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade.


References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kury, AB & Carvalho, RN (2016) Revalidation of the Brazilian genus Discocyrtanus, with description of two new species (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Pachylinae). Zootaxa, 4111 (2), 126–144