Systematic review and cladistic analysis of the genus Eusarcus Perty 1833 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) 2698
Author
Hara, Marcos Ryotaro
Author
Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
2698
1
136
journal article
11755334
Eusarcus sergipanus
sp. n.
(
Figs. 31
,
41A,B
,
50B
)
Type material:
BRAZIL
.
Sergipe
:
Itabaiana
(
Parque Nacional de Itabaiana
;
10º 00´S
37º25´W
),
A.D. Brescovit
et al
. leg.,
14–20.ix.1999
, ma
holotype
(
IBSP 1750
); idem, 1 ma
paratype
(
MZSP 28947
)
.
FIGURE 31.
Eusarcus sergipanus
sp. n.
Male (holotype): A, habitus, dorsal view; B, dorsal scutum, right lateral view; C, right coxa and trochanter IV, posterior view (in part); D, right femur III, dorsal view; E, idem, ventral view; F, right trochanter and femur IV, prolateral view; G, idem, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view. Scale bars, 1 mm.
Diagnosis:
E
.
sergipanus
resembles
E
.
aduncus
,
E
.
berlae
,
E
.
elinae
,
E
.
fulvus
,
E
.
signatus
,
E
.
sooretamae
,
E
.
cavernicola
and
E
.
mirabilis
because of the conical prolateral median apophysis on the male trochanter IV, and can be distinguished by: The presence of PAM; absence of a median spine on area III; basitarsus I not elongated; prolateral apical apophysis of male coxa IV with a triangular ventral projection; femur IV not longer than 1.5 times dorsal scutum length; ocularium with a pair of spines.
Etymology:
The name, an adjective, refers to the state where the species was collected.
Description:
Male (
holotype
): Dorsum (
Fig. 31A,B
): Measurements: SL 4.00; SMW 3.60; femur I 2.20; II 4.50; III 3.30; IV 4.00. Median paracheliceral projection smaller than PAM. Anterior margin with 3 tubercles on each corner. Ocularium far from anterior scutal margin; high, with 2 spines, 10 tubercles. Carapace with 34 scattered tubercles. Scutal area I with 15–16 scattered tubercles on each side; II with 25; III with 31 and without median spine; IV with 25 tubercles. Posterior margin of dorsal scutum and free tergites I– III with a row of 20, 17, 14, 11 tubercles, respectively. Anal operculum with 28 tubercles.
Venter: Coxa I with 19–20 tubercles, median and distal ones largest; II with 45–54 tubercles, increasing in size distally; III–IV irregularly tuberculate.
Chelicera: Segment I with 3 tubercles.
Pedipalpus: Trochanter dorsally inflated, with 3 tubercles. Femur dorsally smooth; ventrally with 1 large basal tubercle, 2–3 small aligned ones. Tibial setation: Prolateral and retrolateral IiIi. Tarsal setation: Prolateral IIi, retrolateral IiIi.
Legs (
Fig. 31C–H
): Coxa IV densely tuberculate, surpassing dorsal scutum in dorsal view only apically, with 1 transversal prolateral apical apophysis, this conical, short, blunt, with 1 ventral triangular projection in the middle. Trochanters I–IV with scattered tubercles; IV prolaterally with 1 median apophysis, this conical, curved anteriad; retrolaterally with 1 large apical tubercle. Femora I–II with reduced PDS, RDS; II ventrally with 2 rows of tubercles, prolateral ones slightly increasing in size distally, 1 large prolateral apical tubercle; III slightly sinuous, with reduced PDS, small RDS; ventrally with 2 rows of tubercles increasing in size distally, prolateral ones enlarged, 1 PVS; IV slightly sinuous, with small PDS, RDS; ventrally with 2 rows of tubercles, prolateral ones increasing in size distally, 1 PVS. Metatarsus I with 2 ventro-apical setae. Tarsal segmentation: 5–6, 8, 6, 6.
Penis (
Fig. 41A,B
): Stylus with medio-ventral trichomes, apex swollen; with angular medio-ventral projection. Ventral process of glans curved; apex thin, with flabelliform projection. Ventral plate with concave sides; with 3 pairs of apically curved distal setae; 2 ventral pairs of distal tubercles; 1 pair of short, straight median setae; 4 pairs of straight basal setae.
Coloration: Dark brown; brown on grooves of dorsal scutum.
Female
: Unknown.
Variation in males
(n=2): Measurements: SMW 3.60–3.70; femur I 2.20–2.50; II 4.20–4.50; III 3.10–3.30; IV 3.90–4.00. Tarsal segmentation: 4–5(2–3), 8–9, 6, 6. Coloration: Dark brown to slightly lighter brown.
Type
locality:
Brazil
,
Sergipe
,
Itabaiana
,
Estação Ecológica de Itabaiana
.
Geographical distribution
(
Fig. 50B
): Known only from the
type
locality.