Taxonomic revision of the Andean genus Eulibitia Roewer, 1912 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae), with the description of five new species
Author
Medrano, Miguel
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Author
Kury, Adriano B.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-10-11
357
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2017.357
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2118-9773
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Eulibitia ectroxantha
(
Mello-Leitão, 1941
)
comb. nov.
,
species inquirenda
Fig. 34
Brachylibitia ectroxantha
Mello-Leitão, 1941: 166
, fig 1.
Cynorta ectroxantha
–
Goodnight & Goodnight
1953
: 38
.
Brachylibitia ectroxantha
–
Kury
2003
: 38
.
Platymessa ectroxantha
–
Medrano & Kury
2016
: 57
(tagged as
species inquirenda
).
Diagnosis
Paramedian tubercles of posterior margin of scutum acuminate. Differs from other species of the genus in the presence of paramedian tubercles in area III but without any armature in area I, and the ladder mask with rungs only, no rails in scutal grooves I, II and III (see
Mello-Leitão
1941
and
Medrano & Kury
2016
).
Etymology
From the Greek ἐκτρανóω (signify clearly) + ξανθóς (yellow).
Type
data
Whereabouts of
type
(s) unknown, probably once deposited in
MNRJ
, now lost.
Type
locality:
Colombia
,
Boyacá Department
, La Uvita [
06°17′
N
,
72°30′
W
].
Remarks
This species was discussed and tagged as
species inquirenda
in
Medrano & Kury (
2016
)
and the available information is sufficient to include it within the new diagnosis of
Eulibitia
.