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3.45. 
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<figureCitation id="DF7F5966E6004BC0445B39F99D68821C" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus, dorsal of Metasarcus. A M. beni sp. nov., male; B M. bergmani sp. nov., male; C M. bolivianus Roewer, 1913, female; D M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; G M. limachii sp. nov., male; H M. trispinosus sp. nov., male; I M. vacafloresae sp. nov., male; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729879" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Figs 5F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="DFA01370570CB2486DC6325659624848" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male trochanter-patella / tibia IV of Metasarcus, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A-B M. beni sp. nov.; C - D M. bergmani sp. nov.; E - F M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929); G - H M. fellinii sp. nov.; I - J M. kurosawai sp. nov.; K - L M. limachii sp. nov.; M - N M. trispinosus sp. nov.; O-P M. vacafloresae sp. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729884" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">, 10I, J</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="7E177C43A170F0C7725DCBE60AFD87D2" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Penis of Metasarcidae, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. A - B Lumieria woodyalleni gen. et sp. nov.; C - D Metasarcus beni sp. nov.; E - F Metasarcus kurosawai sp. nov.; G - H Metasarcus limachii sp. nov.; I - J Tschaidicancha joseochoai sp. nov.; K - L Tschaidicancha weyrauchi Roewer, 1957; Legend bars = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729888" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">, 14E, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="90FF91BC5D522AD6A7BDF6A98A5AD470" captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Live specimens of Metasarcus. A M. bergmani sp. nov., male; B female; C M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; D female; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F female; G M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; H female." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729899" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">, 25G, H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="94F76BB98B1996765AEB1A4432482DB5" captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Distribution of Metasarcus in Bolivia. A M. beni sp. nov., M. bergmani sp. nov., M. fellinii sp. nov., M. limachii sp. nov., M. vacafloresae; B M. clavifemur, M. kurosawai sp. nov., M. trispinosus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729905" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">, 31</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="5BE5B5D4EBFF7B772121F1445C0E82FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Description.</paragraph>
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MALE: 
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(
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=2) DSW: 4.0; DSL: 4.0-4.5 (4.5); CL: 1.5 FIVL: 9.2-10.0 (9.2). ChL: 3.3-3.8 (3.8). 
<emphasis id="C12B43BF693746CFF8C1775A2CCC00AD" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Coloration</emphasis>
: (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="C5067E276A7EE3BBC93AEA50384CC399" captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Live specimens of Metasarcus. A M. bergmani sp. nov., male; B female; C M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; D female; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F female; G M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; H female." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729899" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">25G</figureCitation>
) Chelicerae, trochanter IV and basal portion of femur IV orange. 
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, legs I-III, remaining parts of leg IV and dorsal scutum black. 
<emphasis id="2C25021D4EDF72859AECA5DE21396D17" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Dorsum</emphasis>
: (Fig. 
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) Kappa- type DSS, with straight posterior margin of DS; constriction I shallow, constriction II absent, mid-bulge slightly larger than carapace and coda undefined, coalescing with mid-bulge. Sparse row of granules on the anterior margin of DS, including the median elevation. Clusters of granules concentrated on the lateral of the carapace and the posterior region to ocularium. Ocularium with depression well marked, unarmed and with granules concentrated near the eyes. Areas I-IV with a few scattered granules. Area I divided by the scutal grooves I and II; with a pair of median tubercles. Area II invading the area I; unarmed. Area III with a median pair of large spines, whose base elevation is irregularly covered by small tubercles. Area IV unarmed. Lateral margins of DS covered with granules. Posterior margin of DS and free tergites I-III with a row of granules. 
<emphasis id="70B9B99E9D1C862693C6A0FF38AF8C00" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Chelicerae</emphasis>
: (Fig. 
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) Swollen. Segment I with few granules. Segment II with small setiferous granules; finger with twelve small teeth. Segment III with five teeth. 
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: Trochanter with a long ventroapical acuminate setiferous tubercle. Femur with a ventral row of six setiferous tubercles of irregular size, most long and two short. Patella with a proapical small tubercle, whose base is wider than tall. Tibia: retrolateral iIiIii, prolateral IiIi. Tarsus: retrolateral iIiIi, prolateral IiIii. 
<emphasis id="394DB562AFF6AEEA421791690D252DF0" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Venter</emphasis>
: Coxa I with a median row of five setiferous tubercles. Coxa II with a row of 5-6 setiferous tubercles in the basal portion. Coxae III-IV with small sparse granules. Genital area, free sternites and anal operculum with scattered granules. 
<emphasis id="E6D1EFF2F59D112535D05FC6EEF94EFF" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Legs</emphasis>
: (Figs 
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, 
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) Coxae I-III each one with a prolateral and a retrolateral apophysis. Coxa IV covered with setiferous granules. Trochanters I-IV unarmed and granular. Femora-patellae I-IV unarmed and with few small granules. Tibiae I-IV unarmed, with sparse granules. Tarsal segmentation: (
<emphasis id="6218C1F0BDB2060825B16374060BE53B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">n</emphasis>
=2) 8, 15-17 (17), 10, 10-12 (12). 
<emphasis id="F084AEB4A1CED90060A580D1A0E41625" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Penis</emphasis>
: (Fig. 
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) VP rectangular, with distal margin straight; straight in lateral view. MS C1-C3 (sub)apical long and straight; MS A1 median long and straight (smaller than MS C and MS B); MS B1 basal long and straight; MS D1 very short, near MS C3, placed more ventrally; MS E1 very short, near MS C1, placed more ventrally. Lateral sacs short and robust, with short T3-like microsetae. Stylus long with truncated apex and small apical projections. Dorsal process absent. Promontory truncated/straight. - 
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FEMALE: 
<emphasis id="ED531B6EACFF7B176FDD49F7F46FC9FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Measurements</emphasis>
</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B495F78736072966185D5CE0E3CB41D7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">n</emphasis>
=2) DSW: 4.0; DSL: 4.2-4.3; CL: 1.4; FIVL: 8.6-9.0; ChL: 1.0-1.7 (Fig. 
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). Chelicerae small, not swollen. Tarsal segmentation: (
<emphasis id="44EE0BFC522E186D7498E74747A08DF9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">n</emphasis>
=2) 7, 15, 10, 11.
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<paragraph id="29CA666877C77914D130119512D009C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1915B85CAFF77D808C729EA12172D15C" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
Similar to 
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<emphasis id="0E730854D0B00EB4AFA3D74DF23C9F24" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">sp. nov.</emphasis>
because the ocularium is unarmed, area I divided, a pair of spines in the area III (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="693F3594FAB7413412F24E9B227CB91C" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus, dorsal of Metasarcus. A M. beni sp. nov., male; B M. bergmani sp. nov., male; C M. bolivianus Roewer, 1913, female; D M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; G M. limachii sp. nov., male; H M. trispinosus sp. nov., male; I M. vacafloresae sp. nov., male; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729879" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">5F</figureCitation>
) and male femur IV slender and without major rows of tubercles (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="42CF6A0D1052910B0D89510F7A7C1848" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male trochanter-patella / tibia IV of Metasarcus, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A-B M. beni sp. nov.; C - D M. bergmani sp. nov.; E - F M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929); G - H M. fellinii sp. nov.; I - J M. kurosawai sp. nov.; K - L M. limachii sp. nov.; M - N M. trispinosus sp. nov.; O-P M. vacafloresae sp. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729884" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">10I, J</figureCitation>
). It differs from 
<taxonomicName id="0AD2DF2EAFDFA1B5D6191A95C3A441E3" class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. beni" order="Opiliones" pageId="0" pageNumber="309" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beni">
<emphasis id="BA2D5282C06C965235568AC8DB36EBBB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">M. beni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="28F0CEEC1F98D9A05798F03A93596D83" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">sp. nov.</emphasis>
because kappa type DSS, coxa III with two apophyses (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8CDDDE4DA497A2710ED727265FA7268F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus, dorsal of Metasarcus. A M. beni sp. nov., male; B M. bergmani sp. nov., male; C M. bolivianus Roewer, 1913, female; D M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; G M. limachii sp. nov., male; H M. trispinosus sp. nov., male; I M. vacafloresae sp. nov., male; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729879" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">5F</figureCitation>
), femur IV without a distal retrodorsal small apophysis (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="E6D9ECC5A3C4CA483B4467C58C19A7F9" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male trochanter-patella / tibia IV of Metasarcus, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. A-B M. beni sp. nov.; C - D M. bergmani sp. nov.; E - F M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929); G - H M. fellinii sp. nov.; I - J M. kurosawai sp. nov.; K - L M. limachii sp. nov.; M - N M. trispinosus sp. nov.; O-P M. vacafloresae sp. nov.; Legend bars = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729884" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">10I, J</figureCitation>
) and by having chelicerae orange colored (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="F65E472911C577E6B2AB446A6B93D4FC" captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Live specimens of Metasarcus. A M. bergmani sp. nov., male; B female; C M. clavifemur (Roewer, 1929), male; D female; E M. fellinii sp. nov., male; F female; G M. kurosawai sp. nov., male; H female." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729899" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">25G</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3AA695B1DAF03E46BACA6CD1D2848540" pageId="0" pageNumber="309" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="7B23B7235CB884DF4E1CEE4D7EE13DC9" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Derivatio nominis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2E7F1387DC0B3CE2EB5E42D7D74AD7B3" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">The specific epithet of masculine gender, in the genitive form, dedicated to the Japanese filmmaker, producer and screenwriter Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明; 1910-1998).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="77E98A3CE4EBC8A00B4A7DFF0A74E9FF" pageId="0" pageNumber="309" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="D3D0076BE30CBC808D4912E9EF0971F5" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D6647D42CE45EB18090C22BF039E63D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
(Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8F7B75797915005EF852FF5F957983DC" captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Distribution of Metasarcus in Bolivia. A M. beni sp. nov., M. bergmani sp. nov., M. fellinii sp. nov., M. limachii sp. nov., M. vacafloresae; B M. clavifemur, M. kurosawai sp. nov., M. trispinosus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e73829.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/729905" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">31</figureCitation>
) BOLIVIA. La Paz. Zongo.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="40B2AFF5EA97C9FB1948921F644025F7" pageId="0" pageNumber="309" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="13DD4BAC30902D3E3F47A2F40FCA3871" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6930C6F8418FB53804E2904D3CA94C94" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
<emphasis id="25A7BD16DA3595F2778BE475A3352621" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
<emphasis id="2399A682BC20FBD9E236595B2C1CB8EA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">Type material</emphasis>
: 
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<typeStatus id="790BA607A36A40ECC788B0433907672D">Holotype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount id="96D79C3A25FA5C00241FD2A39665DD8A">♂</specimenCount>
, ' 
<collectingCountry id="2ED7BCD6A1264040FEFD6004317BC79C" name="Bolivia">BOLIVIA</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="538A699E47685C15BA0F5F85D7EAF04E" country="Bolivia" name="La Paz">La Paz</collectingRegion>
, 
<location id="63B186894125F2C4BB46E463677E3005" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E46DDAA163A75B47939A6252EF6D01CA:63B186894125F2C4BB46E463677E3005" country="BOLIVIA" latitude="-16.175667" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-68.136635" name="Zongo" stateProvince="La Paz">Zongo</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="19B0512A77F6D00FB007F28150D53B8B" degrees="16" direction="south" minutes="10" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="32.4" value="-16.175667">16°10′32.4″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="C2C14551A80E59696885D42BE7D57569" degrees="68" direction="west" minutes="08" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="11.9" value="-68.136635">68°08′11.9″W</geoCoordinate>
, 
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, 
<collectorName id="A23E3BB95BB8EB217EC0D3A967F474F9">R. Pinto-da-Rocha</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="862D5E8B359E479B15012C3D2285216B">A. Benedetti</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="67E489B590FA14AC57FA0FB8C0E79D92">A. Saravia</collectorName>
leg. (CBF)
</materialsCitation>
</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis id="4C7F7ED7B85FAA424B31349255149892" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
<typeStatus id="05ABB8C2EA9E73426AF30F527D566A29">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="002346BFBEFDE59B8F349A4FECB28E89">♀</specimenCount>
, 
<normalizedToken id="6CAEDE050D4EFEBDFCEE12588B5F24F4" originalValue="‘ditto’">'ditto'</normalizedToken>
(CBF). 
<emphasis id="B0B19033738766DC70A02655674F4779" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
<typeStatus id="F4660C8672811688A1A77063A2A8CCB3">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="F0D3BF7ECC756E52B47BE96C03A3717E">♀</specimenCount>
, 
<normalizedToken id="046C88C3512B3E07D32345249138E5F3" originalValue="‘ditto’">'ditto'</normalizedToken>
(MZSP 76551). 
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<emphasis id="BC1523818ACD9AD57FF6BAC722388164" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="309">
<typeStatus id="C65B4F178472CB440A281B7227970735">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="3C9A770F34F277B918EAE89CE7CBAFB1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
' 
<collectingCountry id="E5C6BA5B48D5BBF338EFEA67D7BCE82F" name="Bolivia">BOLIVIA</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="CA600081753B186B4BF4AD861974D798" country="Bolivia" name="La Paz">La Paz</collectingRegion>
, 
<location id="0D55C88C026C2B26F8DBAF053B27963F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E46DDAA163A75B47939A6252EF6D01CA:0D55C88C026C2B26F8DBAF053B27963F" country="BOLIVIA" latitude="-16.215834" longLatPrecision="15" longitude="-67.823524" name="Road La Paz-Coroico" stateProvince="La Paz">Road La Paz-Coroico</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="7D5ED5092DDDC9BA20DC813C7DE82427" degrees="16" direction="south" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="57" value="-16.215834">16°12′57″S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="5881E977F78FC0136DF9023449D01682" degrees="67" direction="west" minutes="49" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="24.7" value="-67.823524">67°49′24.7″W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<collectingDate id="3A2C344010E39E3FF02509D2B012B7DE" value="2010-11-30">30/XI/2010</collectingDate>
, 
<collectorName id="F2D75A229B28ED37612FA5649E763621">R. Pinto-da-Rocha</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="5C54E922E865E60433C46BFE1218FBFB">A. Benedetti</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="F1EF4342AF86466E5A14F4E71B58B14E">J. Ochoa</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="44D1108EADBAACD019F3170CD05AA728">A. Saravia</collectorName>
leg. (MZSP)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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