Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) Author Miranda, Gustavo Silva de 81150D94-592A-4CE5-8E88-E60F557A4341 Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. & Entomology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. smiranda.gustavo@gmail.com Author Giupponi, Alessandro P. L. 434112AC-B212-43E8-A5D9-2F5D5619AFC4 Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, LIRN-IOC-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. agiupponi@gmail.com Author Prendini, Lorenzo C2D080D0-75DB-4DA1-A101-AB4DCF50FF0A Arachnology Lab, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. lorenzo@amnh.org Author Scharff, Nikolaj F84D2235-66D2-460C-820D-80024068759D Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. & Entomology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. & Zoology Section, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. nscharff@snm.ku.dk text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-09-24 772 1 409 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 journal article 4042 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 b65bb5a9-bbe7-49a4-af44-4b4c03121288 2118-9773 5536410 9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9 Key to the identification of the species of Charinus in eastern South America 1. Leg IV distitibia with four trichobothria in frontal and caudal series; leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles ............................................................................. C. alagoanus sp. nov. ( Figs 44–46 ) – Leg IV distitibia with five or six trichobothria frontal and caudal series; leg IV basitibia with two or four pseudo-articles ........................................................................................................................... 2 2. Leg IV distitibia with five trichobothria in frontal and caudal series ............................................... 3 – Leg IV distitibia with six trichobothria in frontal and caudal series .............................................. 12 3. Median eyes absent............................................................................................................................ 4 – Median eyes present .......................................................................................................................... 5 4. Tibia of leg I with 21 articles; leg I tarsus with 37 articles; leg IV basitibia with two pseudoarticles........................................................................................ C. monasticus sp. nov. ( Figs 69–70 ) – Tibia of leg I with 23 articles; leg I tarsus with 41 articles; leg IV basitibia with four pseudoarticles............................................................................... C. troglobious Baptista & Giupponi, 2002 5. Pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with two ventral spines ............................ ............................................................................................................... C. una sp. nov. ( Figs 78–79 ) – Pedipalp femur with more than three dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with more than two ventral spines ................................................................................................................................................. 6 6. Median and lateral eyes reduced........................................................................................................ 7 – Median and lateral eyes unmodified.................................................................................................. 8 7. Median ocular tubercle present but reduced; reduced median eyes with dark pigmentation; pedipalp patella dorsal spine IV two-thirds length of dorsal spine III ............................................................... .............................................................................. C. taboa Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2016 – Median ocular tubercle absent, reduced eyes situated directly on tegument; reduced median eyes unpigmented; pedipalp patella dorsal spine IV one-fifth length of dorsal spine III ............................ .......................................................................................... C. spelaeus Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2017 8. Cheliceral basal segment with long (distinct) tooth adjacent to bifid tooth ........................................ ..................................................................................... C. sooretama sp. nov. ( Figs 7E–F , 9C–D , 75 ) – Cheliceral basal segment with short (indistinct) tooth adjacent to bifid tooth .................................. 9 9. Base of female gonopod unsclerotized ................... C. euclidesi sp. nov. ( Figs 6C–D , 9A–B , 61–63 ) – Base of female gonopod sclerotized................................................................................................ 10 10. Pedipalp tibia with two ventral spines ..................................... C. diamantinus sp. nov. ( Figs 57–60 ) – Pedipalp tibia with one ventral spine................................................................................................11 11. Curved carina present between ocular triads and lateral margin of carapace; cheliceral claw with nine teeth............................................................................................ C. souzai sp. nov. ( Figs 76–77 ) – Curved carina absent between ocular triads and lateral margin of carapace ( Fig. 48A–B ); cheliceral claw with six or seven teeth..................................... C. brasilianus Weygoldt, 1972 ( Figs 8C–D , 48 ) 12. Leg I tarsus with 28 articles.................................................................. C. montanus Weygoldt, 1972 – Leg I tarsus with 41 articles............................................................................................................. 13 13. Carapace anterior margin with eight or ten setae ............................................................................ 14 – Carapace anterior margin with six setae.......................................................................................... 16 14. Carapace anterior margin with ten setae; median ocular tubercle absent; pedipalp patella with spine between ventral spine I and distal margin .......................... C. eleonorae Baptista & Giupponi, 2003 – Carapace anterior margin with eight setae; median ocular tubercle present; pedipalp patella with setiferous tubercles between ventral spine I and distal margin ....................................................... 15 15. Pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines ( Fig. 47D ) ...................... C. apiaca sp. nov. ( Figs 5A–B , 47 ) – Pedipalp tarsus with three dorsal spines ......................... C. caatingae Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016 16. Carapace anterior margin projected anteriorly ............ C. santanensis Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2017 – Carapace anterior margin rounded................................................................................................... 17 17. Leg I tarsus, first article equal in length to subsequent three articles.................................................. ......................................................................... C. jibaossu Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2014 – Leg I tarsus, first article equal in length to all subsequent articles ................................................. 18 18. Pedipalp tarsus with three dorsal spines .......................................................................................... 19 – Pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines ............................................................................................ 23 19. Cheliceral claw with four teeth.................................................. C. mysticus Giupponi & Kury, 2002 – Cheliceral claw with 9–13 teeth ...................................................................................................... 20 20. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing seven setae ......................................................... 21 – Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing two or five setae................................................. 22 21. Pedipalp patella with six ventral spines ( Fig. 49F ); cheliceral claw with 13 teeth ............................. .................................................................................. C. carinae sp. nov. ( Figs 3A–B , 4A–B , 49–51 ) – Pedipalp patella with three or four ventral spines; cheliceral claw with ten teeth............................... .......................................................................................................... C. goitaca sp. nov. ( Figs 64–65 ) 22. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing five setae; pedipalp patella with six dorsal spines .................... C. ruschii Miranda , Milleri-Pinto, Gonçalves-Souza, Giupponi & Scharff, 2016 – Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing two setae; pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines ..................................................................................... C. carioca sp. nov. ( Figs 6E–F , 52–53 ) 23. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing no setae .............................................................. 24 – Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing setae ................................................................... 26 24. Pedipalp patella with three dorsal spines............................................................................................. .................................. C. acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 ( Figs 7A–B , 8A–B ) – Pedipalp patella with five dorsal spines........................................................................................... 25 25. Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines ..................... C. renneri sp. nov. ( Figs 6A–B , 10I–J , 73–74 ) – Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines..... C. asturius Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 26. Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines......................................... C. cearensis sp. nov. ( Figs 54–56 ) – Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines ........................................................................................... 27 27. Pedipalp femur with five ventral spines........................................................................................... 28 – Pedipalp femur with four ventral spines.......................................................................................... 29 28. Pedipalp femur with secondary row of dorsal spines; pedipalp patella, distance from ventral spine I to distal margin half length of spine ...................................................... C. puri sp. nov. ( Figs 71–72 ) – Pedipalp femur without secondary row of dorsal spines; pedipalp patella, distance from ventral spine I to distal margin greater than length of spine ............... C. iuiu Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016 29. Cheliceral claw with up to 13 teeth; median and lateral eyes reduced................................................ ......................................................................... C. potiguar Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2013 – Cheliceral claw with 11 teeth; median and lateral eyes unmodified.................................................... ..................................................................................................... C. imperialis sp. nov. ( Figs 66–68 )