A new synanthropic species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian Amazonia and notes on the genus (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)
Author
Miranda, Gustavo Silva De
Author
Giupponi, Alessandro Ponce De Leão
text
Zootaxa
2011
2980
61
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.278317
5d6b331c-1dc7-46a9-819e-204e17504287
1175-5326
278317
Key to the Brazilian species of
Charinus
:
1 Median eyes absent.................................................................................... 2
- Median eye present.................................................................................... 3
2 Conical gonopods with an apical sucker-like prehensile structure; basitibia IV with four psudoarticles; distitibia IV with 16 trichobotria (BA: Carinhanha, Serra do Ramalho caves).............................................
C. troglobius
- Rounded, cushion-like gonopods with an apical sharp edge partially covering the atrium of the seminal receptacle; basitibia IV with three pseudoarticles; distitibia IV with 16 or 17 trichobotria (RO: Porto Velho)....................
C. vulgaris
sp. n
.
3 Second and third sternal sclerites flattened and double wide as long (ES: Serra)..........................
C. montanus
- Second and third sternal sclerites convex and more or less rounded.............................................. 4
4 Median eyes tubercle indistinct (MG: Itacarambi, Olhos d’Água Cave)..................................
C. eleonorae
- Median eyes tubercle distinct (ES: São Domingos)........................................................... 5
5 Distitibia of leg IV with 16 trichobothria........................................................ C.
brasilianus
- Distitibia IV with 18 trichoboria.......................................................................... 6
6 Frontal process of carapace weak (BA:
Santa Luzia
, Pedra do Sino Cave).................................
C. acaraje
- Frontal process of carapace strong, large and triangular........................................................ 7
7 Median eye tubercle high (SP: Ilhabela)............................................................
C. asturius
- Median eye tubercle low (BA: Gentil do Ouro, Encantados Cave).......................................
C. mysticus
New records for Brazilian
Charinus
.
Two juvenile specimens of
Charinus
were found in two Brazilian States:
Charinus
sp. 1 from Tocantins (Porto Nacional, Luzimangue) and
Charinus
sp. 2 from Ceará (Gruta Ubajara) (
Fig. 13
). They could not be identified at species level, but we will try to capture adult individuals in future expeditions.