Charinus ruschii, Miranda, Milleri-Pinto, Goncalves-Souza, Giupponi & Scharff, 2016

Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), European Journal of Taxonomy 772, pp. 1-409 : 127-128

Charinus ruschii Miranda, Milleri-Pinto, Gonçalves-Souza, Giupponi & Scharff, 2016

Fig. 43 ; Table 4

Charinus ruschii Miranda et al., 2016c: 21–28 , figs 1a–g, 2a–b, 3a–f, 4.

Diagnosis

Based on Miranda et al. (2016c), this species may be separated from other Charinus in eastern South America by means of its large size, with carapace ca 80% wider than that of the closely related species, C. brasilianus and C. montanus , the unique small platelets of the sternum, the sucker-like female gonopod, the presence of ten teeth on the cheliceral claw and three spines on the pedipalp tarsus; and the similar length of the proximal article to subsequent articles of the leg I tarsus.

Etymology

Patronym honoring Adolpho Ruschi ( Miranda et al. 2016c).

Type material

Holotype BRAZIL • ♀; Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa ; 19°56′10″ S, 40°36′06″ W; T. Gonçalves-Souza and M. Milleri-Pinto leg.; MNRJ 9235 .

Paratypes BRAZIL • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; MNRJ 9235 • 4 ♀♀, 1 juv.; same collection data as for holotype; MNRJ 9237 • 1 ♀; Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica Santa Lúcia ; 19°56′13.1″ S, 40°35′54.07″ W; May 2005; T. Gonçalves-Souza leg.; MNRJ 9272 • 2 ♀♀; Espírito Santo, Man. Livre Div. Santa Teresa ; M. Milleri-Pinto and T. Gonçalves-Souza leg.; MNRJ 9303 .

Measurements

See Table 4 .

Distribution

Known only from the type locality.

Natural history

See Miranda et al. (2016c) for details of the natural history of this species.

Figures

Fig. 43. Map plotting known distributions of species of Charinus Simon, 1892 in eastern South America, with inset for southeastern Brazil.