<documentID-CLB-Dataset="20615"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.78202"ID-GBIF-Dataset="c24e9174-953e-457c-96b0-819cced80599"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1860-0743-1-55"ID-Pensoft-UUID="A7ED6822DF245CC385E84C2DA8697421"ID-ZooBank="F6DA891882B849C5BD64FE152C5D71BE"ModsDocID="1860-0743-98-1-55"checkinTime="1645053248707"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Garcia, Andres F., Vargas, Alex Gonzalez & Estrada, Miguel Gutierrez"docDate="2022"docId="FAF0DE94A27C53EDB66E26A527F0A79C"docLanguage="en"docName="ZoosystEvol 98(1): 55-63"docOrigin="Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1)"docPubDate="2022-02-16"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.78202"docTitle="Avima troglobia"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"id="A7ED6822DF245CC385E84C2DA8697421"lastPageNumber="55"masterDocId="A7ED6822DF245CC385E84C2DA8697421"masterDocTitle="New records and a new cave-dwelling species of Agoristenidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Colombia"masterLastPageNumber="63"masterPageNumber="55"pageNumber="55"updateTime="1732803362510"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="2C654A07FC2E4E86AA69FDE81232EF11">New records and a new cave-dwelling species of Agoristenidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Colombia</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="197239C6F8195C8E8E58377BCAA22189">Garcia, Andres F.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="7DF64BEC88638B962898AF9D362550E6">Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao, 20.940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="5C6BE7B06AABA413FA323CA086FECABF">Vargas, Alex Gonzalez</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="1C6A759245EA0120E46DA8047BB10999">Grupo de Investigacion Ecologia y Biodiversidad en Ecosistemas Tropicales (EBET), Semillero de Investigacion Bioespeleologia Neotropical, Facultad de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="AAD68330141D462A935881970A9F0A8F">Estrada, Miguel Gutierrez</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="418C05797CC69BC95EE1C98607DDAD5E">Grupo de Investigacion Ecologia y Biodiversidad en Ecosistemas Tropicales (EBET), Semillero de Investigacion Bioespeleologia Neotropical, Facultad de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="34C17864058D049254D4BC8119F45880"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">Figs 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="DBC32C6298E7FA49F84D5B0F5E1859F2"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Geographic distribution of Avima venezuelica, Avima troglobia and Avima wayuunaiki sp. nov. in Northern South America. A. Map with previous and new records of the species in Colombia and Venezuela (colored areas represent the WWF ecoregions (Olson et al. 2001 )); B. Banaderos cave in La Guajira (Colombia), habitat of A. wayuunaiki sp. nov.; C. Living specimen of A. wayuunaiki sp. nov. Photographs by Miguel Gutierrez Estrada (B), and Alex Gonzalez Vargas (C)."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647188"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">, 6A</figureCitation>
VENEZUELA• 1 ♂ holotype and 3 ♀ paratypes: Zulia, rio Socuy, cueva de Los Laureles; [10.751 -72.462]; 750 m a.s.l.; 20 Dec. 1990; J. Camacho and A. Viloria leg.; MBUZ• 2 ♀ paratypes; same data as previous [in the original label says Sierra de
]; MZSP-1457 • paratype; same data as previous; 16 Dec.1992; P. Gnaspini and E. Trajano leg.; MZSP-14578• 2 ♀ paratypes; same data as previous, Cueva La Carlotica; 760 m a.s.l., 21 Dec.1990; J. Camacho, A. Viloria and T. Barros leg.; MBUZ• 1 ♀ paratype; same data as previous; MNRJ 5472!.
<figureCitationid="25E52DA1FF326C8654BA7F848CA69473"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4D, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AA063770E881F39F4FF9CA4E832A7CF8"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="EC0C839DA69398F4ED0650802D8B7B5F"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4A, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="C29B4D874D8488D385D69DA34E3A9F2C"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4E</figureCitation>
. Increasing in thickness from leg I to leg IV, but legs III and IV at least twice as thick as legs I and II, unarmed. Leg I filiform. Leg IV with darker coloration than the others. Fe IV length four times DS length (Fig.
<figureCitationid="39C3CB43AD2DD413A4BD68633EDBCDC5"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="00E8E0E3B0E303D44F29FEEC1707B0B0"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G, I</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="2F97EA09335F4313FAE312EA59025CDD"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G, I</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="B88AE3F959F63041C8EADB5916C17B1A"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="D29A4BC91781B7E5CC5F0553ACC89666"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G, I</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="8981335089E333E08817AC907C1FF44E"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G, I</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="3380BBCF996434EA29CE3502E699913C"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4H</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="ECE91F1C597EF0A25881A4612CC5AFA6"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4G</figureCitation>
. Carapace Brilliant Yellow (83) (anterior border) and Brilliant Orange Yellow (67) (posterior border and laterals). Free tergites and chelicerae Brilliant Orange Yellow (67). Pedipalps and legs I-III Brilliant Yellow (83). Leg IV Deep Orange Yellow (69).
<figureCitationid="7E9D3638FC950AEBB02AC0B4A518330E"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Avima troglobia (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996) (MNRJ 59052), male. Habitus in dorsal (A), frontal (B), lateral (C), panoramic (D), and ventral (E) views; detail of ocularium showing the eye absence (F). SEM of the penis in lateral (G) and ventral (I) views; detail of the tip of the stylus (H). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-F); 50 µm (G, I), 2 µm (H). Macrosetae colors: A. = green, B. = blue, D. = orange, E. = magenta."figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.78202.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/647186"pageId="0"pageNumber="55">4F</figureCitation>
)), in the same way as the individuals from the Venezuelan caves, corroborating the idea that it is an obligatory cave-dwelling species (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996).
