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
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136
journal article
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Eusarcus elinae
Kury
Eusarcus elinae
Kury 2008: 249
, figs. 9–17 (ma
holotype
& 1 fe
paratype
; “
Caverna Pedra Furada
,
Sistema Lapa Doce
;
Iraquara
;
Bahia
;
Pedroso, D.R.
&
Bichuette, M.E.
leg.;
31.iii.2005
;
MNRJ 17776
”; examined).
Material examined
:
BRAZIL
.
Bahia
:
Iraquara
(Caverna Pedra Furada, Sistema Lapa Doce),
Pedroso, D.R.
&
Bichuette, M.E.
leg.,
31.iii.2005
, ma
holotype
&
1 fe
paratype
(
MNRJ 17776
)
.
Diagnosis:
E
.
elinae
resembles
E
.
aduncus
,
E
.
berlae
,
E
.
cavernicola
,
E
.
fulvus
,
E
.
signatus
,
E
.
sooretamae
,
E
.
mirabilis
and
E
.
sergipanus
because of the conical prolateral median apophysis on the male trochanter IV, and can be distinguished by: The presence of PAM; ocularium with a pair of large tubercles; scutal area III with one median hump close to groove IV; posterior margin of prolateral apical apophysis of coxa IV without conspicuous projections; femur IV 1.5 times longer than dorsal scutum.
Type
locality:
Brazil
,
Bahia
,
Iraquara
,
Lapa Doce
.
Geographical distribution
: Known only from
type
locality.
Note
: As
Kury (2008)
suggested, this species is placed close to the species which formerly were in
Metagraphinotus
.