Gonycranaus, Bragagnolo & Hara & Pinto-Da-Rocha, 2015

Bragagnolo, Cibele, Hara, Marcos R. & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2015, A new family of Gonyleptoidea from South America (Opiliones, Laniatores), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 (2), pp. 296-319 : 315

GONYCRANAUS GEN. NOV.

Etymology

The genus is masculine. It is a fusion of the Greek word gony (the same used in Gonyleptidae ), which means joint, and Cranaus, Greek name of a king of Attica, which is also the type genus of Cranaidae ( Kury & Pinto-da-Rocha 2007; Pinto-da-Rocha & Kury, 2007). The taxa placed in this genus were previously thought to be either related to Gonyleptidae or Cranaidae .

Type species: Gonycranaus androgynus sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Ocularium unarmed.Anal operculum unarmed. Cheliceral segment I densely covered dorsally by tubercles on bulla; segment II enlarged in both sexes. Pedipalpal femur with strong dorsal and ventral tubercles. Penis: ventral process of glans with or without flabellum; stylus straight; ventral plate well developed, distal margin much narrower than base, with short to medium-sized pairs of setae disposed longitudinally.

Composition

Gonycranaus androgynus sp. nov. and Gonycranaus pluto sp. nov.

Distribution

In caves located in the Brazilian Minas Gerais State (Conceição do Mato Dentro, Morro do Pilar , and nearby municipalities) .