Phareicranaus goodnightorum

Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2011, Species relationships in the Neotropical genus Phareicranaus Roewer 1913 (Opiliones: Cranaidae): two new species and new data from Penial morphology, Zootaxa 3135, pp. 1-34 : 16-17

Phareicranaus goodnightorum n. nov.

( Fig. 14 C, D)

Santinezia magna Goodnight & Goodnight 1942: 8 ; (Holotype male, “Tukeit, British Guiana, July 1911, F. Lutz col., AMNH”, examined). Pinto-da-Rocha & Kury 2003: 202; Kury 2003: 98

Etymology. In honor of Clarence and Marie Louise Goodnight, who described S. magna .

Diagnosis. Male genitalia. Ventral plate slightly concave on distal border (corner prominent), lateral borders slightly convex on median region, with 5 setae on basal group, two of them more internal and much smaller, 1 subapical and curved distal setae. Dorsal process present. Stylus strongly curved, apex not inflated, without stylar apophysis ( Fig. 14 C, D). For the rest see Pinto-da-Rocha & Kury (2003: 202,203).

Note. Santinezia magna Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 is preocupied by Phareicranaus magnus Roewer 1932 , the transfer of first to Phareicranaus justify the proposition of a new name.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Penis of Phareicranaus. P. k u r y i n. nov.: A, dorsal; B, lateral. P. goodnightorum n. name: C, dorsal; D, lateral. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.