Promitobates

Bragagnolo, Cibele & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2012, Systematic review of Promitobates Roewer, 1913 and cladistic analysis of Mitobatinae Simon, 1879 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae), Zootaxa 3308, pp. 1-48 : 12-13

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280969

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174022

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Promitobates
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Key to males of Promitobates View in CoL species

1 External apical apophysis of coxa IV single-branched ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 A,B).............................................. 2

- External apical apophysis of coxa IV with two dorsal branches ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 )........................................ 3

2 Ocularium armed with a pair of low tubercles ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 C).............................................. P. a l e sp. n.

- Ocularium armed with a pair of high spiniform apophysis ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 D).................................. P. trapista View in CoL sp. n.

3 Posterior margin of dorsal scutum armed with a pair of tubercles or with median spiniform apophysis ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 ; 5A,B)...... 4

- Posterior margin of dorsal scutum with a row of tubercles of the same size ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C,D)................ P. viridigranulatus View in CoL

4 Apex of coxa and trochanter IV and base of femur IV black, standing out from the rest of body coloration; area IV of dorsal scutum totally covered by tubercles (without unarmed region) ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 C)............................ P. weissbier View in CoL sp. n.

- Apex of coxa and trochanter IV and base of femur IV of similar coloration to the rest of leg segments, or slightly blackish, but never standing out from the rest of body coloration; area IV with unarmed region, not entirely covered by tubercles ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 A,B,D)............................................................................................. 5

5 Area I of dorsal scutum with few tubercles (less than 10), scattered; ocularium sulphurous yellow, standing out from the rest of body ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A, 17F)............................................................................. P. bellus View in CoL

- Area I of dorsal scutum densely tuberculated or with tubercles along the groove II (roughly in rows); ocularium coloration not standing out from the rest of body (of same color or slightly yellowish) ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 B–D, 5; 6)........................... 6

6 Areas III and IV of dorsal scutum densely tuberculated, except around apophyses; prosoma with longitudinal row of tubercles at sides of ocularium ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 D)................................................................. P. lager View in CoL sp. n.

- Areas III and IV with tubercles concentrated on median region (between the apophyses) and/or on the grooves III–V; prosoma without longitudinal row of tubercles at sides of ocularium ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C, D).......................................... 7

7 Areas III and IV with a row of tubercles up to the posterior groove; tubercles of dorsal scutum yellowish, with circular patches of same color around them ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C)........................................................... P. hatschbachi View in CoL

- Areas III and IV with tubercles concentrated on median region; tubercles of dorsal scutum sulphurous yellow, without circular patches around them ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 D, 15B)..................................................................... 8

8 Dorsal scutum black tiger-like stripes; coxa IV densely tuberculated, and the tubercles as tall as wide ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 B, 15A).................................................................................................. P. difficilis View in CoL

- Dorsal scutum not black tiger-like stripes; coxa IV with few tubercles (less than ten), the tubercles taller than wide ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 D, 5A,B)............................................................................................... 9

9 Free tergite III with median spiniform tubercle ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A).............................................. P. nigripes View in CoL

- Free tergite III unarmed on median region ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B)......................................................... 10

10 Area IV of dorsal scutum with transverse row of tubercles up to groove V ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 D)..................... P. intermedius View in CoL

- Area IV of dorsal scutum without transverse row of tubercles up to groove V ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B)...................... P. o r n a t u s

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

Family

Gonyleptidae

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