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
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journal article
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Eusarcus metapucrolia
nom. n.
, species inquirenda
Pucrolia armata
Sørensen 1895: 4
(types in MZT, not examined). Although
Kury (2003a)
mentioned the existence of a
paratype
in the SMF, such material could not be found in this institution upon our request.
Metapucrolia armata
:
Roewer 1913: 33
, fig. 10; 1923: 406 (rdesc), fig. 498;
Mello-Leitão 1932: 195
, fig. 105;
Soares & Soares 1954b: 277
(cat); 1985: 12 (syst), figs. 13–17.
Metapucrolia armata
was synonymized with
E
.
argentinus
by
Soares & Soares (1985)
under dubious circumstances: (i) they assumed
M. armata
shows variation in armature of ocularium, femur IV and male genitalia; (ii) they did not examine any
type
material. The redescription provided by
Roewer (1913)
is not precise enough to conclude whether it is a valid species or not. The only way to decide it, is to carefully examine the
type
material, with an emphasis on fine details of tubercles and spines on the dorsal scutum and of apophyses on trochanter IV; apical spines of femora (especially prolateral, retrolateral and proventral rows of tubercles) and male genitalia. A replacement name is proposed to avoid secondary homonymy with
E
.
armatus
Perty 1833
.