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Issue: Vol. 1386 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1386.1.5
Page range: 47–51
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Oriental Amazonia

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, No. 321, 05508-900 São Paulo SP, Brazil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Depto de Zoologia, Campus de Pesquisa, Av. Perimetral, s/n, 66040-170, Belém PA, Brazil
Cryptocellus Ricinulei Brazilian Amazon Neotropics taxonomy

Abstract

Cryptocellus tarsilae n. sp. is described from male and female specimens collected in a small cave at Carajás National Forest, Serra Norte, Pará, Brazil. The new species appears to be similar to C. peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1977 by the moderately expanded metatarsus III, bearing a metatarsal process with a flattened tip. Both males and females of the new species are readily recognizable by the carapace having a posterior median bulge covered by tubercles.

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