The first survey on harvestmen in Brazilian artificial cavities, with notes on distribution and natural history de Azara, Ludson Neves Bernardi, Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Subterranean Biology 2016 17 31 53 7PSD7 Arachnida Cryptogeobiidae Paratricommatus CoL Animalia Paratricommatus Opiliones 4 35 Arthropoda genus  Taxon classification Animalia Opiliones Cryptogeobiidae  Previously known distribution of the genus. Alto Parana(Paraguai), EspiritoSanto, Rio de Janeiro and SaoPaulo (  Mello-Leitao1940, Piza Jr 1943, H. Soares 1945, 1966, Soares and Soares 1946, 1954, 1985, H. Soares 1966, Kury 2014).   Examinedmaterial.  Caete: 1 female (MNRJ 2266) from Mina do Morro Vermelho II (1), 19/VI/2009, new record for state and locality. Only one female was found. This is a new occurrence in the municipality, expanding the genus distribution with about 300 km from the southwest of Colatina, EspiritoSanto state.