Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae)
Author
Medrano, Miguel
Author
Kury, Adriano Brilhante
Author
Mendes, Amanda Cruz
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2021-08-30
195
585
672
journal article
113070
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043
e070d52f-d008-4f08-988a-a8b17c27418f
0024-4082
6959516
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QARIKICHKAURU
MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES
GEN. NOV
.
Zoobank registration:
urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act:
DFDB7F99-B283-4AFB-AF50-33B81B28C67F
Etymology:
From Quechua
qari
(strong)+
kichka
(spine)+
uru
(spider). As Quechua does not have genders, we determine here this name to be the neuter gender.
Diagnosis:
Robust cosmetids with extremely thick spines in areas I and III; other areas of mesotergum unarmed (
Figs 17
,
18
). DS beta
type
. Spines in area I with yellow tip (
Fig. 18A
). Coxa IV convex with groin warts and yellow spots without a recognizable pattern in the lateral region (
Fig. 17B
). Long and unarmed legs (
Figs 17
,
18
).
Type
species:
Cynorta oxapampa
Roewer, 1952
.
Included species:
Qarikichkauru albireticulatum
(
Roewer, 1952
)
comb. nov.
;
Q. oxapampa
(
Roewer, 1952
)
comb. nov
.
;
Q. azucarium
(
Roewer, 1959
)
comb. nov
.
;
Q. pichitanum
(
Roewer, 1959
)
comb. nov.
; and
Q. krausi
(
Roewer, 1963
)
comb. nov
.