Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924

Carvalho, Leonardo S. & Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo, 2019, On the sun-spiders of the ibirapemussu species-group of the genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 (Solifugae, Mummuciidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4700 (2), pp. 289-298 : 290-291

Genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924

Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924: 140 –141 (as Gaùcha [sic]). Type species: Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 (by original designation).

Gauchella Mello-Leitão, 1937: 84 (synonymized by Botero-Trujillo et al. 2017: 13). Type species: Gaucha stoeckeli Roewer, 1934 .

Metacleobis Roewer, 1934: 589 (synonymized by Botero-Trujillo et al. 2017: 13). Type species: Metacleobis fulvipes Roewer, 1934 .

Mummuciella Roewer, 1934: 583 , 587 (synonymized by Mello-Leitão, 1937: 84). Type species: Mummuciella simoni Roewer, 1934 .

Species composition. Twelve South American species, namely: Gaucha avexada Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha cabriola sp. nov.; Gaucha casuhati Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha curupi Botero- Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017; Gaucha eremolembra Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 ; Gaucha fulvipes (Roewer, 1934) ; Gaucha ibirapemussu (Carvalho, Candiani, Bonaldo, Suesdek & Silva, 2010) ; Gaucha mauryi (Rocha, 2001) ; Gaucha ramirezi Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime , Ojanguren- Affilastro, 2019; Gaucha santana Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime, Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 ; and Gaucha stoeckeli Roewer, 1934 ;

Distribution. Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santiago del Estero provinces), Bolivia (Cochabamba and La Paz departments), Brazil (States of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco [new record], Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Tocantins), Uruguay (Lavalleja, Río Negro, Rivera).

Diagnosis. See details in Botero-Trujillo et al. (2017: 13) and amendment regarding the pleural marks made by Botero-Trujillo et al. (2019).