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
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PARAPROTUS
ROEWER, 1912
Paraprotus
Roewer, 1912: 119
.
Type
species:
Paraprotus atroluteus
Roewer, 1912
, by original designation.
Etymology:
Paraprotus
fromGreekπαρά(beside) + preexisting genus
Protus
. Gender masculine.
Diagnosis:
It differs from other discosomaticines by having ocularium area darker than the rest of the DS and for not having paired dots in any mesotergal area (
Figs 28
,
29
). Clearly differs from
Kayania
and
Marronia
by having low rounded tubercles in area III instead of large spines or columns. Leg I with four basitarsomeres. Penis unknown.
Included species:
Paraprotus atroluteus
Roewer, 1912
and
Paraprotus albithorax
Roewer, 1947
.