Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941

Colmenares, Pío A., Porto, Willians & Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the genus Auranus (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4103 (2), pp. 117-129 : 121

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6088029

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E7B87AF-FFC2-2A49-FF40-FBBFFCCED45A

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scientific name

Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941
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Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941 View in CoL

( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C, 7C)

Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941: 441 View in CoL ; B. Soares 1945: 386; Pinto-da-Rocha 1997: 264, figs 317–324, 529–530, 589, 593, 601; Kury 2003: 228; Kury & Villarreal 2015: 30. (Type MNRJ 177, female holotype, not examined). Stygnidius inflatus View in CoL [misidentification]: Friebe & Adis 1983: 103; Adis 1992: 40.

Complementary description. Penis: Chaetotaxy: MS A–B bifid: A1–A2 inserted on lateral projections of malleus, A3 inserted lateroventrally on malleus, B1 absent in some specimens, but when present, is inserted ventrally on malleus. MS C: three pairs, cylindrical, curved and sharp, forming an oblique row on sides of calyx. MS D: one small pair, placed basally on lamina parva, hidden under malleus. E: reduced to one pair (E1), sharp and curved, placed ventrally, ending row formed by MS C. Lamina parva, with two lateral flat processes folded ventrally, as in A. leonidas View in CoL sp. nov.

Variation: dorsal scutum: one tubercle on each side of anterior margin of prosoma.

Distribution ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ): Brazil: Amazonas: Reserva Ducke; Tarumã Mirim; Fazenda UFAM, New record; Balbina, Presidente Figueiredo, New record. Careiro da Várzea, New record. Pará: Floresta Nacional Caxiuana.

Material examined: 1 male (INPA-OP 2916), Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, LO 7-2500m, 2 ˚ 58'39.21" S, 59 ˚ 56'19.75" W; Leg. Saturnino; 03.viii.2008; nocturnal searching (photo voucher). 1 female (INPA-OP 1803), Amazonas, Manaus, Fazenda experimental UFAM, N6-1500; Leg. L. Lança; 28.viii.2010; nocturnal searching. 1 female (INPA-OPI 003426), Brazil, Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, Hidrelétrica de Balbina (Ilha Palhal 2, 01˚47´24.4” S, 59˚26´55.7”W); Leg. A. Tourinho; 19.vii.2006; nocturnal searching. 1 male (INPA-OPI 003424), Amazonas, Manaus, Tarumã Mirim; Leg. J. Adis; 06.xi.1977. 1 male (INPA-OPI 003425), Brazil, Amazonas, Careiro da Várzea; Leg. J. Adis; 09.iii.1987; Kempson extractor.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

SubOrder

Laniatores

Family

Stygnidae

Genus

Auranus

Loc

Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941

Colmenares, Pío A., Porto, Willians & Tourinho, Ana Lúcia 2016
2016
Loc

Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941 : 441

Kury 2015: 30
Kury 2003: 228
Adis 1992: 40
Friebe 1983: 103
Soares 1945: 386
Mello-Leitao 1941: 441
1941
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