Neocynorta virescens Roewer, 1915

Medrano, Miguel, Villarreal, Osvaldo & Kury, Adriano B., 2019, Review of Neocynorta Roewerı 1915 with two new generic synonymies (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae), Journal of Natural History 53 (11), pp. 677-704 : 695-696

Neocynorta virescens Roewer, 1915

( Figures 16 , 19 (a – c), 20(a))

Neocynorta virescens Roewer 1915: 120 , fig. 66

Neocynorta virescens – Roewer 1923: 339, fig. 383; González-Sponga 1992: 315, figs 401 – 406

Zarax aenescens SØrensen in Henriksen 1932: 323, figs 18 – 19 [junior subjective synonym of Neocynorta virescens Roewer 1915 by González-Sponga 1992]

Neocynorta aenescens: Mello-Leitão 1933: 111

Zaraxolia aenescens: Roewer 1947: 27

Paecilaema aenescens: Goodnight and Goodnight 1953: 54

Zaraxolia olivacea Roewer 1947: 27 , pl. 10, fig. 84. syn. nov.

Zaraxolia olivacea – González-Sponga 1992: 26, 425

Paecilaema olivacea: Goodnight and Goodnight 1953: 54

Neocynorta olivacea: Kury 2003: 73

Cynortetta rugosa: González-Sponga 1992: 176 non Roewer 1947, misidentification

Type data

Neocynorta virescens : ♂ ♀ syntypes, SMF RI (examined by pictures), from VENEZUELA, Mérida, Mérida, 2000 m.

Zarax aenescens : ♂ holotype, ZMUC (not examined), from VENEZUELA, Mérida, Mérida, 2000 m.

Z araxolia olivacea : ♂ holotype, SMF RII 1468/54 (examined from photographs), from

VENEZUELA, Distrito Federal, Caracas.

Records

VENEZUELA, Mérida, Andrés Bello: La Cuchilla, road Mérida-La Azulita. Libertador: Guardaparques La Mucuy, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada; Valle Grande, road Mérida- Páramo La Culata, 1500 – 2500 m ( González-Sponga 1992, as N. virescens ).

VENEZUELA, Mérida, Libertador: Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada, Guardaparques La Mucuy, 1700 m (misidentification by González-Sponga 1992 as Cynortetta rugosa ).

Remarks

González-Sponga (1992) misidentified two males and one female from Mérida as Cynortetta rugosa , which is a sympatric species. Through the courtesy of Prof. Pintoda-Rocha, we have examined a photograph of Roewer ’ s type (which González-Sponga has not examined) which allowed us to detect this error of identification.

Figures

Figure 16. Neocynorta virescens (Sorensen, 1932) comb. nov. (MNRJ 2651), female: (a) panoramic, dorsal view; (b) dorsal view; (c) lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 19. Neocynorta spp. alive: (a–c) N. virescens, female (Mérida, Venezuela); (d–e) N. venezuelensis, female (Mérida, Venezuela). Photos by Osvaldo Villarreal.