Review of the Brazilian harvestman genus Roeweria Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
Author
Bragagnolo, Cibele
Author
Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo
text
Zootaxa
2009
2270
39
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190917
cf4c8806-3edb-49cc-ab26-e50f3c57e4a8
1175-5326
190917
Roeweria
Mello-Leitão, 1923
Roeweria
:
Mello-Leitão, 1923
: 166
;
Kury, 2003
: 190
(
type
species
Roeweria bittencourti
Mello-Leitão, 1923
, by original designation).
Lyopachylus
Mello-Leitão, 1926
: 374
(
type
species
Lyopachylus mitobatoides
Mello-Leitão, 1926
, by original designation).
Jupuvura
Mello-Leitão, 1940
: 15
;
Soares & Soares, 1949
: 188
(
type
species
Jupuvura virescens
Mello-Leitão, 1940
, by original designation).
Paranaincola
B. Soares, 1943
: 210
(
type
species
Paranaincola mourei
B. Soares, 1943
, by original designation).
Harpachylus
Roewer, 1943
: 25
(
type
species
Harpachylus tibialis
Roewer, 1943
, by monotypy).
syn. n.
Diagnosis.
Roeweria
can be distinguished from most other genera of
Pachylinae
by the penis with ventral plate cordiform or hexagonal (rectangular or pyriform in most other genera) and stylus with two lateral apical projections (
Figs. 5
,
6
,
8
). The shape of the external apophysis of coxa IV is unique among
Pachylinae
, as it is unbranched, long and curved downwards, following the orientation of the external margin of trochanter IV. Femur IV is straight (
Fig. 7
A–D) or slightly arched dorsad (
Fig. 3
E). Other characters can be used in combination to distinguish this genus from other
Pachylinae
genera: ocularium and area III with a large pair of apophyses (
Figs. 1
,
2
,
4
,
7
); most tubercles of dorsal scutum surrounded by yellow patches (
Fig. 7
); female free tergites I–III with one central pair of high and acuminated tubercles (
Fig. 2
); area III with blunt armature; coxa IV with internal apophysis; trochanter IV longer than wide (
Figs. 1
A,C, 4, 7); long and smooth stylus of penis (
Figs. 5
,
6
,
8
).