Thereza murutinga, Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2012

Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2012, Descriptions of Thereza murutinga sp. nov. and Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov., and new records of Caelopyginae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae), Zootaxa 3317, pp. 25-38 : 27-28

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.281134

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6167360

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED8793-E544-0F37-8FA4-F949930F6CA0

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scientific name

Thereza murutinga
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Thereza Roewer View in CoL

Emended description. Sexual dimorphism on shape of dorsal scutum absent (unknown in T. murutinga sp. nov.). Maximal width of dorsal scutum reaching middle of area III. Prosoma as wide as opisthosoma (except T. murutinga sp. nov., prosoma much narrower than opisthosoma). Areas II–III divided by a longitudinal median groove (except T. murutinga sp. nov., II undivided and III with incomplete longitudinal median groove). Male spines of area III large. Pedipalpal prolateral subapical seta on femur absent. Leg IV smooth. Coxa IV visible only on apical region (in dorsal view), with tubercle-like apical apophyses. Basitarsus I normal. Distitarsus II four-segmented. Penis: ventral process with basal lateral projections and lance-shaped apex; ventral plate thin or thick, densely or weakly covered with short hairs ventrally; apical setae of ventral plate apically or subapically placed.

Emended diagnosis. Thereza roughly resembles Garatiba Mello-Leitão by the longitudinal median groove on areas II (except T. murutinga ) and III (complete in Garatiba and Thereza , incomplete in T. murutinga and absent in other caelopyginean genera), dorsal scutum and anal operculum with white patches, weak armature on male leg IV (larger much smaller than segment diameter) and body shape.

Composition. Thereza albiornata Roewer , T. amabilis Pinto-da-Rocha, T. murutinga sp. nov., T. poranga Pinto-da-Rocha, and T. speciosa (Roewer) .

Distribution. Occurs in coastal mountain ranges from the states of Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

Family

Gonyleptidae

Genus

Thereza

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