<documentID-CLB-Dataset="122795"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e73829"ID-GBIF-Dataset="5f938945-980c-433c-942a-f05d39529a25"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1864-8312-80-309"ID-Pensoft-UUID="11907D1B6F665D96B5FD2F9751431366"ID-ZooBank="D5C0468B99A14EF39237D9BC51A8BDA3"ModsDocID="1864-8312-80-309"checkinTime="1660711556436"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Benedetti, Alipio Rezende & Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo"docDate="2022"docId="A257B9E5ECE8555CBEA039657D25FB10"docLanguage="en"docName="ArthropodSystPhyl 80: 309-388"docOrigin="Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 80"docPubDate="2022-08-16"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e73829"docTitle="Ayacucho insignitus Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha 2022, comb. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="5"id="11907D1B6F665D96B5FD2F9751431366"lastPageNumber="309"masterDocId="11907D1B6F665D96B5FD2F9751431366"masterDocTitle="Systematic revision and total evidence phylogenetic analysis of the Andean family Metasarcidae Kury, 1994 (Opiliones: Laniatores), with description of two new genera and twenty new species"masterLastPageNumber="388"masterPageNumber="309"pageNumber="309"updateTime="1732651490011"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="383732E7CFFBAFB90FEE67A1C4E545C0">Systematic revision and total evidence phylogenetic analysis of the Andean family Metasarcidae Kury, 1994 (Opiliones: Laniatores), with description of two new genera and twenty new species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="A4077BE703FAE6AE468EFC3F67EE3B7B">Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal: 11.461, 05422 - 970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil & Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais, campus Sao Joao Evangelista, Av. Primeiro de Junho, 1043, Sao Joao Evangelista, MG, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="E3CB37450CD457165C8CB7E54137611F">Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal: 11.461, 05422 - 970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="31460E8D5A2364DBDE6192E114268168"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. Habitus, dorsal of Ayacucho. A A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov., male; B A. glauberrochai sp. nov., male; C A. inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov., male; D A. insignitus (Roewer, 1956) comb. nov., female; E A. pasolinii sp. nov., male; F A. pomacocha sp. nov., male; G A. querococha sp. nov., male; H A. roeweri nom. nov., female; I A. silvae sp. nov., male; Legend bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729876"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">Figs 2D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="B06E64CCD0AA30DC60BCD15E75B0CA38"captionStart="Figure 28"captionStartId="F28"captionText="Figure 28. Distribution of Ayacucho spp. in Peru"figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure28"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729902"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">, 28</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="D452BFA1DF88B8ADB8D7BAA3FA39418B"authorityName="Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"baseAuthorityName="Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha"baseAuthorityYear="2022"class="Arachnida"family="Metasarcidae"genus="Cargaruaya"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Cargaruaya insignita"order="Opiliones"pageId="0"pageNumber="309"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="insignita"status="comb. nov.">Cargaruaya insignita</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitationid="B7F8602305F5F8BDECBD4E12BA48F681"author="Kury, AB"journalOrPublisher="Tropical Zoology"pageId="0"pageNumber="309"refId="B51"refString="Kury, AB, 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, vol.7: 1-337."title="Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, vol. 7: 1 - 337."year="2003">Kury 2003</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="15971860DB81EC2B1EC82E7E1E8B1840"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male trochanter-tibia IV of Ayacucho, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D A. glauberrochai sp. nov.; E - F A. inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; G - H A. pasolinii sp. nov.; I - J A. pomacocha sp. nov.; K - L A. querococha sp. nov.; M - N A. silvae sp. nov.; O - P A. spielbergi sp. nov.; Q - R A. spiniger (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; S - T: A. tapacocha nom. nov.; U - V A. titschacki Roewer, 1949; W - X: A. triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729881"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">7D</figureCitation>
) Alpha-type DSS, with long and wide coda. Anterior margin with median elevation with granules sparsely distributed. Ocularium with a pair of large spines, with few scattered granules. Carapace with granules distributed on lateral and posterior regions. Areas I-IV with granules sparsely distributed, with a pair of small tubercles. Lateral margins of dorsal scutum with granules irregularly distributed throughout its length. Posterior margin of dorsal scutum and free tergite I with a row of tiny tubercles with base wider than its height, interspersed with small granules. Free tergites II-III with a row of acuminate tubercles, larger than those of tergite I and with smaller granules interspersed. DSS: alpha, with coda larger than mid-bulge.
<figureCitationid="31128B183713191F893F7CAFDF9FAD60"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male trochanter-tibia IV of Ayacucho, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D A. glauberrochai sp. nov.; E - F A. inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; G - H A. pasolinii sp. nov.; I - J A. pomacocha sp. nov.; K - L A. querococha sp. nov.; M - N A. silvae sp. nov.; O - P A. spielbergi sp. nov.; Q - R A. spiniger (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; S - T: A. tapacocha nom. nov.; U - V A. titschacki Roewer, 1949; W - X: A. triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729881"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">7D</figureCitation>
: Small granules distributed on dorsal surface of femur. Trochanter with a ventroapical setiferous tubercle. Femur with a ventrobasal setiferous tubercle; a ventral row of six small setiferous tubercles, except at apex and base, smaller than the ventrobasal tubercle; one tall proapical tubercle. Tibia: prolateral IIi, retrolateral iIIii. Tarsus: prolateral II, retrolateral iIii.
: Coxa I with four tubercles. Coxae II-IV with granules sparsely distributed; with two small tubercles at the apical region between the coxae III-IV. Genital area smooth. Free sternites with a row of small granules. Anal operculum with granules sparsely distributed throughout its surface.
<figureCitationid="5CC0A171B1ECB3A4BA766CDC54B924A2"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male trochanter-tibia IV of Ayacucho, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D A. glauberrochai sp. nov.; E - F A. inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; G - H A. pasolinii sp. nov.; I - J A. pomacocha sp. nov.; K - L A. querococha sp. nov.; M - N A. silvae sp. nov.; O - P A. spielbergi sp. nov.; Q - R A. spiniger (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; S - T: A. tapacocha nom. nov.; U - V A. titschacki Roewer, 1949; W - X: A. triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729881"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">7D</figureCitation>
) Coxae I-III with a prolateral and one retrolateral apophyses; IV with few granules distributed throughout its surface; an apical spiniform apophysis. Trochanters I-IV with few granules; IV with a small blunt retroapical tubercle. Femora I-IV with granules throughout their length, without prominent tubercles. Patellae I-IV with sparse granulation. Tarsal segmentation: (
<taxonomicNameid="7AB3B90E896D80673EDD396528DE51B1"authorityName="Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"baseAuthorityName="Roewer"baseAuthorityYear="1957"class="Arachnida"family="Metasarcidae"genus="Ayacucho"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Ayacucho uniseriatus"order="Opiliones"pageId="0"pageNumber="309"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="uniseriatus">
<figureCitationid="17096C7A0F87C58241A18C56D65831EB"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Male trochanter-tibia IV of Ayacucho, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D A. glauberrochai sp. nov.; E - F A. inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; G - H A. pasolinii sp. nov.; I - J A. pomacocha sp. nov.; K - L A. querococha sp. nov.; M - N A. silvae sp. nov.; O - P A. spielbergi sp. nov.; Q - R A. spiniger (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; S - T: A. tapacocha nom. nov.; U - V A. titschacki Roewer, 1949; W - X: A. triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729881"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">7D</figureCitation>
, whose males are clearly morphologically distinct, to be very similar to each other. This similarity between the females justifies the not so much informative diagnosis (see above). Geographically,
<figureCitationid="D47D0220F18C4F53F7F42A4AF70AEDB2"captionStart="Figure 28"captionStartId="F28"captionText="Figure 28. Distribution of Ayacucho spp. in Peru"figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure28"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729902"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">28</figureCitation>
is synonymous with one of these three species and, therefore, we prefer the more conservative option of keeping the species valid, until further evidence (e.g. collection of males from the type locality) can clarify this issue.
<figureCitationid="09B2EC4E77845E2524299B3B9C50F85E"captionStart="Figure 28"captionStartId="F28"captionText="Figure 28. Distribution of Ayacucho spp. in Peru"figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure28"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729902"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">28</figureCitation>
