Pristocnemis caipira, Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2012

Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2012, Descriptions of Thereza murutinga sp. nov. and Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov., and new records of Caelopyginae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae), Zootaxa 3317, pp. 25-38 : 29-30

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.281134

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6167364

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Pristocnemis caipira
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Pristocnemis Koch

Emended description. Sexual dimorphism on shape of dorsal scutum: females with lateral margin of dorsal scutum between grooves I–IV wider than in males. Maximal width of dorsal scutum reaching groove IV. Prosoma narrower than abdomen. Ocularium with two small tubercles. Large tubercle on male lateral margin of dorsal scutum absent or present. Areas II–III undivided. Short to long spines on area III of male and female. Pedipalpal femur without prolateral subapical seta. Leg IV tuberculate. Male coxa IV visible only on apical part (in dorsal view). Basitarsus I normal or slightly swollen. Distitarsus II four-segmented. Penis: ventral process with lance-like apex; ventral plate thin and wide or thick and narrow; ventral part of ventral plate sparsely covered by short hairs; a set of setae placed on subapical region of ventral plate.

Composition. Pristocnemis albimaculatus (Roewer) , P. caipira sp. nov., P. farinosus (Mello-Leitão) , P. perlatus (Giltay) , and P. pustulatus Kollar in Koch.

Distribution. Occurs in coastal mountain ranges from the states of Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina and a disjunct record in Cerrado in the interior of Minas Gerais state.

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