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Geraeocormobius sylvarum

Suborder

Laniatores

Superfamily

Gonyleptoidea

Family

Gonyleptidae

Subfamily

Gonyleptinae

Genus

Mischonyx

Mischonyx cuspidatus (Roewer, 1913) is a species of the genus Mischonyx (GonyleptidaeGonyleptinae).

Taxonomy[]

  • Ilhaia cuspidata Roewer, 1913: 221; (male holotype; Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande, SMF 900).
  • Mischonyx cuspidatus: Kury 2003: 133. Gonazula gibbosa Roewer, 1930: 418; Kury 2003: 126; (male holotype; Brazil, Santa Catarina, Serra Azul; SMF 1328). [1]

Diagnosis[]

Mischonyx cuspidatus resembles M. poeta and M. scaber. Mischonyx cuspidatus can be distinguished from them by the median high, acuminated tubercle on the free tergites I–III.

References[]

  1. Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Benedetti, A.R., Vasconcelos, E.G. & Hara, M.R. (2012) New systematic assignments in Gonyleptoidea. (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Zookeys, 198, 25–68.