Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae) Author Medrano, Miguel Author Kury, Adriano Brilhante Author Mendes, Amanda Cruz text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2022 2021-08-30 195 585 672 journal article 113070 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043 e070d52f-d008-4f08-988a-a8b17c27418f 0024-4082 6959516 1C89556A-12CB-43B7-9B49-E02EFF1543D3 ACANTHOLIBITIA MELLO- LEITÃO, 1928 TRANSL. NOV. Acantholibitia Mello-Leitão, 1928: 10 . Type-species by original designation: Acantholibitia pustulosa Mello-Leitão, 1928 . Bodunius Mello-Leitão, 1935: 376 . Type-species by original designation: Bodunius biocellatus Mello- Leitão, 1935, syn. nov. Fortalezius Roewer, 1947: 32 . Type-species by original designation: Fortalezius excellens Roewer, 1947 , syn. nov. Elleria Piza, 1947: 266 . Junior homonym of Elleria Raymond, 1944 (Xiphosura) . Type-species by original designation: Elleria bilunata Piza, 1947 , syn. nov. Elleriana Kury, 2003: 53 . Nomen novum for Elleria Piza, 1947 , syn. nov. Etymology: Acantholibitia , from Greek άΚανθα (thorn) + pre-existing genus Libitia ; gender feminine. Bodunius , from Portuguese bodum (pungent stink), referring to the repugnatory secretion; gender masculine. Fortalezius from toponym Fortaleza; gender masculine. Elleria from the middle name of Estonian/ Brazilian arachnologist Hélia Eller Monteiro Soares; gender feminine. Diagnosis: Small cosmetids (DS length < 3 mm ) with short and delicate legs. Outline of DS gamma- type , with narrow carapace and well-marked constriction. DS covered with notable granules, sometimes white coloured. Interocular distance narrow (one-fifth of carapace width). Areas I – III with paramedian spines, other areas may be armed or not. Stylus of penis not enlarged and with a complete wattle going to the base of glans. Stylus with stylar barbs . Included species: Acantholibitia pustulosa Mello-Leitão, 1928 ; A. biocellata ( Mello-Leitão, 1935 ) comb. nov. ; A. excellens ( Roewer, 1947 ) comb. nov. and A. pluriarcuata ( Mello-Leitão, 1936 ) comb. nov. Combined distribution: Brazilian portion of semi-arid diagonal of South America ( Fig. 10 ).