Taxonomic notes on the genus Auranus (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae), with description of two new species Author Colmenares, Pío A. Author Porto, Willians Author Tourinho, Ana Lúcia text Zootaxa 2016 4103 2 117 129 journal article 45305 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2 c696b17b-226e-43a6-a5a0-f35563de22f7 1175-5326 271185 0E7890C6-6E68-423D-89E6-DCD65FE2B671 Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941 ( Figs 6 C, 7C) Auranus parvus Mello-Leitão, 1941 : 441 ; B. Soares 1945 : 386 ; Pinto-da-Rocha 1997: 264, figs 317–324, 529–530, 589, 593, 601; Kury 2003 : 228 ; Kury & Villarreal 2015 : 30 . ( Type MNRJ 177, female holotype , not examined). Stygnidius inflatus [misidentification]: Friebe & Adis 1983 : 103 ; Adis 1992 : 40 . Complementary description. Penis: Chaetotaxy: MS A–B bifid: A1–A2 inserted on lateral projections of malleus, A3 inserted lateroventrally on malleus, B1 absent in some specimens, but when present, is inserted ventrally on malleus. MS C: three pairs, cylindrical, curved and sharp, forming an oblique row on sides of calyx. MS D: one small pair, placed basally on lamina parva, hidden under malleus. E: reduced to one pair (E1), sharp and curved, placed ventrally, ending row formed by MS C. Lamina parva, with two lateral flat processes folded ventrally, as in A. leonidas sp. nov. Variation: dorsal scutum: one tubercle on each side of anterior margin of prosoma. Distribution ( Fig. 8 ): Brazil : Amazonas: Reserva Ducke; Tarumã Mirim; Fazenda UFAM, New record ; Balbina, Presidente Figueiredo, New record . Careiro da Várzea, New record. Pará: Floresta Nacional Caxiuana. Material examined: 1 male (INPA-OP 2916), Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, LO 7-2500m , 2 ˚ 58'39.21" S, 59 ˚ 56'19.75" W; Leg. Saturnino; 03.viii.2008 ; nocturnal searching (photo voucher). 1 female (INPA-OP 1803), Amazonas, Manaus, Fazenda experimental UFAM , N6-1500; Leg. L. Lança; 28.viii.2010 ; nocturnal searching. 1 female (INPA-OPI 003426), Brazil , Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, Hidrelétrica de Balbina (Ilha Palhal 2, 01˚47´24.4” S, 59˚26´55.7”W); Leg. A. Tourinho; 19.vii.2006 ; nocturnal searching. 1 male (INPA-OPI 003424), Amazonas, Manaus, Tarumã Mirim; Leg. J. Adis; 06.xi.1977 . 1 male (INPA-OPI 003425), Brazil , Amazonas, Careiro da Várzea; Leg. J. Adis; 09.iii.1987 ; Kempson extractor.