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Holcobunus nigripalpis

Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910, Brazil, São Paulo, from flickr [1]. Photo copyright © Enio Branco [2]

Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Family

Sclerosomatidae

Subfamily

Gagrellinae

Genus

Holcobunus

Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910 is a Brazilian species of the genus Holcobunus.

Type data[]

Holcobunus nigripalpis: ♀ lectotype 3 ♂ paralectotypes [designated by Tourinho & Kury, 2001] (ZMUH), 1 paratype (SMF RI 4/569), from BRAZIL, São Paulo, Santos. Sympathica bisignata: holotype (MNRJ 26912, od, but MNRJ 41930 elsewhere), from BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo. Tamboicus silvicola: ♀ holotype (MNRJ 16133), from BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo.

Diagnosis[1]'[]

Body pale yellow and legs black, anterior border of carapace with black spots. Median posterior region of dorsal scute and anterior border of coxae covered by a faint black spot. Anterior median portion of scute and middle of second prosomatic tergite and carapace behind eye mound with longitudinal short stripe of same color. In females this stripe is absent, but with rounded black spot on posterolateral borders. Femur, patella and distal half of pedipalpal tibia black, proximal half of tibia and tarsi pale yellow (Figs.17-18). Eye mound armed with eight to nine sharp spines. Femoral nodule formula: 2/5/2/2-3.

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tourinho, A.L.M., & Kury, A.B. (2001) Notes on Holcobunus Roewer, 1910, with two new generic synonymies (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, N.S. Zoologia, 461, 1–22. [Issued 25 Oct. 2001].