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Issue: Vol. 640 No. 1: 13 Sept. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.640.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Fissiphalliidae from Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, No. 321, 05508-900 São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Opiliones Arachnida Fissiphalliidae Neotropics Brazil Amazonia

Abstract

The fourth species of the family Fissiphalliidae is described, Fissiphallius martensi new species, from Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It differs from other 3 species of the family by having ventral plate sword-like, sulcus II straight, the presence of a high spine on the eye mound, spines on coxa IV, lateral margin of dorsal scute, tergites, anal operculum and sternites, and the genital operculum shorter than stigmatic area.

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