Soaresia H. Soares, 1945

Kury, Adriano B., 2008, A review of Soaresia H. Soares, 1945, with the description of a new species from Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae), Zootaxa 1687, pp. 51-59 : 51-52

Soaresia H. Soares, 1945

Soaresia H. Soares 1945: 243 ; Soares & Soares 1954: 296; Kury 2003: 193 (type species Soaresia uncina H. Soares, 1945 , by original designation)

Emended diagnosis. Scutum outline with parallel sides at carapace, with median convexity widest at area II, narrowing gradually towards posterior border. Ocularium elliptic, not elevated, armed with a single erect spine. Mesotergal areas I–IV well defined, area I divided in left and half halves by median groove. All areas and free tergites unarmed. Free tergite III either with a triad of spines ( S. uncina ) or with a pair of geminate very large hooks resembling earwig pincers ( S. forficula ). Coxa IV of male with lanceolate prodorsal apical apophysis and well developed retroventral apical apophysis. Trochanter IV with strong, blunt prolateral apophysis. Femur IV of male attenuate sigmoid, with 1 or 2 large retroventral distal dagger-like apophyses. Tarsal counts 5(3)/6–8(3)/6/6. Truncus penis with a clear ventro-distal notch or constriction. Ventral plate of penis pyriform, not cleft, with 3 + 3 lateral setae. Ventral process of glans (base of stylus) cylindrical, with only apex flabellate.

Included species. Soaresia uncina H. Soares, 1945 (type species) and Soaresia forficula sp. nov.

Distribution. Known from only three localities in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, which marks the boundary between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais States. The WWF Ecoregion is NT 0 150 (Paraná-Paraíba interior forests) (World Wildlife Fund, 2007).