Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910

Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo & Bragagnolo, Cibele, 2015, Taxonomic notes on Holcobunus Roewer, 1910, with descriptions of three new species, and new records for Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910 (Opiliones: Eupnoi: Sclerosomatidae), Zootaxa 4027 (3), pp. 425-436 : 433-434

Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910

Holcobunus nigripalpis Roewer, 1910: 163 ; 1923:1070, figs. 1170–1171; Mello-Leitão, 1932: 23; Roewer, 1953: 245; Tourinho & Kury, 2001: 9, figs. 14–38; Bragagnolo & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2009: 530; Resende et al. 2012a: 100 –102; 2012b: 150, 151, 154.

Tamboicus silvicola Mello-Leitão, 1932b:71, 1938: 337 ; Ringuelet, 1954: 254.

Sympathica silvicola: Mello-Leitão, 1938: 337 ; Ringuelet, 1953: 40.

Sympathica bisignata Mello-Leitão, 1933:101 ; Roewer, 1953: 255; Ringuelet, 1954: 301.

Type locality. Brazil, São Paulo, Santos.

Diagnosis. Living specimens are darkish yellow, museum specimens are pale yellow. Males of H. nigripalpis can be separated from other species of Holcobunus by having the body yellow without a marked strong stripe; in contrast to H. dissimilis males, it does not have a dark well-marked median stripe; it has a faint black spot covering the anterior median portion of dorsal scute instead. Dorsal orifice of anterior shaft of penis present. Females are yellow but with rounded black spot on posterolateral border.

Material examined (New Record). Brazil. 1 male MNRJ 4967, 1 female MNRJ 4968, Minas Gerais, Rio Preto, Santa Bárbara, Fazenda do Luluca, 29/03/2002, leg. Amazonas Chagas, Alessandro Giupponi.

Distribution. Brazil. Minas Gerais state. Rio Preto. Rio de Janeiro state. Guapimirim, Lumiar, Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis: Itaipava, Rezende: Serrinha do Alambari, Silva Jardim: Aldeia Velha, Teresópolis. São Paulo state. Santos. ( Fig. 7 ).

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FIGURE 7. Distribution records of Holcobunus species.