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Heteropachylus peracchii
Heteropachylus peracchii S&S 1974 by Mendes2011
Heteropachylus peracchii Soares & Soares, 1974 from Mendes (2011)[1]

Suborder

Laniatores

Superfamily

Gonyleptoidea

Family

Gonyleptidae

Subfamily

Heteropachylinae

Genus

Heteropachylus

Heteropachylus peracchii Soares & Soares, 1974 is one of the species of the genus Heteropachylus Roewer, 1913.

Etymology[]

Species dedicated to Dr. Adriano L. Peracchi, professor of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.

Diagnosis[1][]

Four mesotergal areas; mesotergal area I divided by longitudinal groove; complete groove between mesotergal areas II and III; mesotergal area III bearing row of granules with pair of paramedian tubercles and at the same level of the other areas; mesotergal area IV entire, without a longitudinal groove . Free tergites I–III with a small tubercle on each corner, free tergites II–III bearing median conical apophysis; free tergite III without keel and not fused to the dorsal scutum in males . Dorsal anal operculum covered by tubercles and bearing median apophysis. Femur IV with anvil-shaped dorsobasal apophysis and robust dorsodistal apophysis. Male genitalia: the four pairs of distal setae equal sized and forming a group.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mendes, A. C. (2011) Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Heteropachylinae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, 437–483.
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