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<mods:titleid="68F1019059FD455807E1023157B3515A">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="E5AA2FAF255DAF8AC5CDCE840CCF1CCA">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="CA48CB567DBA8D67D6399B98122EEE76">Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Caixa Postal: 11.461, 05422 - 970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="FAAA2BA1CDF7D8C67515938F0FDDB3E0"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 2C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="2AB2B5B31CDEBC50FFB32516139486E5"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">, 7E, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="86F3B665649609F29938515865CE4D0F"captionStart="Figure 12"captionStartId="F12"captionText="Figure 12. Penis of Metasarcidae, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D Ayacucho inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; E - F Ayacucho pasolinii sp. nov.; G - H Ayacucho spielbergi sp. nov.; I - J Ayacucho titschacki Roewer, 1949; K - L Ayacucho triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure12"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729886"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">, 12C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="666499F65DC963FD59FBA1F87F4D4D9F"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>
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<bibRefCitationid="476590FA10DE72DF40433FE77A70211B"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>
(in ethanol): Uniformly yellowish. In the original description: rusty-yellow body, dorsally darker than ventrally; legs rusty-yellow, slightly blackish.
<figureCitationid="9A6AE14D80CA62C7123BD3F247A32A6F"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">2C</figureCitation>
) Alpha-type DSS, with long coda. Anterior margin densely covered with granules, with median elevation. Ocularium with a pair of spines; densely granulate. Carapace densely granulate at lateral and posterior regions. Areas I-IV densely covered with granules; I unarmed; II-IV with two pairs of small paramedian tubercles, slightly larger than the granules. Posterior margin of dorsal scutum with a row of acuminate and scattered tiny tubercles. Free tergites I-III with a row of large acuminate tubercles, much larger than tubercles of the areas of dorsal scutum and interspersed with small tubercles. Lateral margins of dorsal scutum densely covered with granules.
<figureCitationid="C8A50ED278C1EE604A615E0FAD19EE58"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">2C</figureCitation>
) Similar to the female. Segment I densely granulate. Segment II with granules with a much lower density than on segment I; four teeth on finger. Segment III with two teeth.
: Trochanter with a ventroapical tubercle. Femur with a ventrobasal tubercle; a row of three small ventral tubercles, smaller than the ventrobasal tubercle. Tibia: prolateral IIi, retrolateral iIi. Tarsus: prolateral IIi, retrolateral iIii.
: Coxa I with a middle row of four small tubercles. Coxae II-IV densely covered with granules. The area between coxae II-III and III-IV with a small tubercle at the apex. Smooth genital area. Free sternites with a row of small granules. Anal operculum covered with granules.
<figureCitationid="1A2BCD16162E25BB42F4108569D007DB"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">2C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="5622FF7C788E628D5EFF1CD17905A584"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">7E, F</figureCitation>
) Coxae I-II with a prolateral apophyses; III unarmed; IV densely granulate throughout its length, with an apical spiniform apophysis. Trochanters I-IV granulate; IV with a retroapical acuminate tubercle. Femora I-III with granules scattered throughout their extension; IV densely granulate; a retroventral row of 15 large acuminate tubercles throughout its length except at the base and apex; a proventral row of 10-12 large acuminate tubercles (tiny at base) throughout its length, with variation in number of tubercles between right and left legs in the same specimen. Patellae I-IV densely granulate. Tibiae I-IV densely granulate. Tarsal segmentation (
<figureCitationid="7BCA965F755E2A7C0BED6683685FCEA1"captionStart="Figure 12"captionStartId="F12"captionText="Figure 12. Penis of Metasarcidae, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D Ayacucho inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; E - F Ayacucho pasolinii sp. nov.; G - H Ayacucho spielbergi sp. nov.; I - J Ayacucho titschacki Roewer, 1949; K - L Ayacucho triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure12"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729886"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">12C, D</figureCitation>
) VP subrectangular with sides diverging towards the apex; distal margin straight; slightly sinuous on lateral view. MS C1-C3 subapical short and straight; MS A1 short and straight; placed more dorsally than MS C. Lateral sacs long, robust and apically blunt; with short T3-like microsetae. Stylus slightly thick, with long apex and small apical projections. Dorsal process present. -
=1) DSW: 3.2; DSL: 3.6; CL: 1.2. FIVL: 2.3. ChL: 1.5. Female very similar to male. Chelicerae of similar size. Femur IV with a retroventral and a proventral rows of eight and 11 tubercles respectively, being much smaller than the tubercles in males and tubercles in proventral row larger than that of the retroventral row. Tarsal segmentation: (
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<figureCitationid="3505F213E994B4D894E3408F83D7E8A8"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">7F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13C339DB32848FAF76BBB9789BB01045"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">7F</figureCitation>
); ventral plate of penis without lateral projections; VP with short macrosetae; lateral sacs with short microsetae; dorsal process shorter than the stylus (Fig.
<figureCitationid="E2922295C368DF21CE81B76C533977DA"captionStart="Figure 12"captionStartId="F12"captionText="Figure 12. Penis of Metasarcidae, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. A - B A. bambamarca (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; C - D Ayacucho inermis (Roewer, 1957) comb. nov.; E - F Ayacucho pasolinii sp. nov.; G - H Ayacucho spielbergi sp. nov.; I - J Ayacucho titschacki Roewer, 1949; K - L Ayacucho triarmatus nom. nov.; Legend bars = 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure12"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729886"pageId="0"pageNumber="309">12C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="ED1AD1B92BA6A712C6FE0B0D66B5B652"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>
