The first survey on harvestmen in Brazilian artificial cavities, with notes on distribution and natural history
Author
de Azara, Ludson Neves
Author
Bernardi, Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira
Author
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira,
text
Subterranean Biology
2016
17
31
53
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.6762
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.6762
1314-2615-17-31
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Taxon classification Animalia Opiliones Gonyleptidae
Pseudopucrolia mutica (Perty, 1833)
Previously known distribution.
Bahia: Salvador (
Roewer 1912
), municipality not specified (
Mello-Leitao 1926
); Pernambuco:
Arquipelago
de Fernando de Noronha (
Roewer 1930
), Tapera (
Mello-Leitao
1927
); Sergipe: Aracaju, Maroim, Santo Amaro das Brotas (
Soares and Bauab-Vianna 1972
);
Sao
Paulo: municipality not specified (
Roewer 1913
).
Examined material.
Carai
: 1 male (MNRJ 2271) from
Tunel
da Br116 (1), 20/VII/2008, new record for state and locality.
Only one individual was recorded in the photic zone of the cavity, at less than 10 m from the entrance. The record at
Carai
expands the distribution of this species with about 750 km from the southwest of Salvador, Bahia.