Paravima locumida Gonzalez-Sponga , 1987

Garcia, Andres F. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2023, Looks are deceiving: a cladistic analysis, three new species, and a new diagnosis of Paravima Caporiacco, 1951 (Opiliones: Agoristenidae), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 409-437 : 409

Paravima locumida Gonzalez-Sponga, 1987

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Paravima locumida González-Sponga, 1987: 479, figs 612-617; Kury, 2003: 31.

Diagnosis.

Paired tubercles on the mesotergal area III mammilliform, with acute tip and narrow base, the only other species with paired mammilliform tubercles is P. goodnightorum (see details in the diagnosis of that species).

Description.

See González-Sponga (1987). Here we offer a complementary description based on González-Sponga 1987: figs 616, 617: Anterior and lateral margins of DS smooth, posterior margin with some granules (Fig. 4A-D ). Mesotergum ill delimited, divided into four areas: area I divided into two halves; areas II-IV undivided; area III with a pair of paramedian mammilliform spines (higher than ocularium) slightly darker than the rest of the mesotergum (Fig. 4A-C ). Anterior margin of coxa I with a high proximal conical tubercle (Fig. 6E ). Fe IV four times DS length. Malleus of penis with one pair of branched MS-B; two pairs of MS-D; one pair of MS-E2 large and branched. Stylus elongated, surpassing the lamina parva.

Distribution.

Known from Miranda state, in the Venezuelan biogeographic province ( Morrone et al. 2022) (Fig. 18 ).

Material examined.

Type material: Holotype ♂, VENEZUELA, Miranda, Acevedo, Parque Nacional Guatopo | [10.217055° -66.45721°] | 1200 m | 3.x.1980, A.R. Delgado de Gonzalez , J.A. González Delgado, and M.A. González-Sponga leg. (MCNC 965) .- Paratypes 1 ♀, same data as holotype (MCNC 966) ; 5 ♂ 5 ♀ 3 imm., same data as holotype (MAGS, not examined) . - Other material: VENEZUELA: 5 ♂ 5 ♀, Miranda, Acevedo, Parque Nacional Guatopo , 320 m, 3.x.1980, ARDG [Angela Rosa Delgado de González], JAGD [ José Antonio González Delgado] and MAGS [Manuel Ángel González Sponga] leg. (MAGS 324) ; 1 ♂ 3 ♀, Acevedo, Boca de Curia , [10.2°, -66.3°], 14.xi.1987, A.R. Delgado and M.A. González S. leg. (MAGS 1033 (MIZA 0105925)) .

Remarks. One male from MAGS 324 was photographed in 2017 (Fig. 4 ). However, in a recent revision in 2022, we found the material totally deteriorated and that all the specimens are useless for taxonomic purposes (a lot of fungus on it). We suspect that MAGS 324 corresponds to one of the male paratypes cited as MAGS in type data, without number. Of all the drawings of Paravima genitalia made by G-S, those of P. locumida ( González-Sponga 1987: figs 616, 617) are the only ones that show all the MS known for the genus.

Figures

Figure 4. Paravima locumida Gonzalez-Sponga, 1987 (MAGS 324) male. Habitus: A Dorsal view; B lateral view; C anterior view; D posterior view; E ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 6. Paravima lokura sp. nov. (ICN-Ao- 1490 *) male holotype. A Habitus, dorsal view; B lateral view; C left coxa I, ventral view; D chelicera, anterior view. Apical part of the penis: E Dorsal view; F ventral view; G lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (penis with not scaled figures). Abbreviation: Macrosetae (MS).

Figure 18. Map showing the geographic distribution of Paravima in Northern South America. The background colored shapes refer to the biogeographic provinces of Morrone et al. (2022).