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Issue: Vol. 1087 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1087.1.4
Page range: 45–52
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic  Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae)

Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNUFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão CEP 20940040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNUFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão CEP 20940040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNUFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão CEP 20940040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Arachnida Laniatores Taxonomy Rio de Janeiro Neotropical WWF Ecoregion NT0160

Abstract

A new species of Cosmetidae belonging to the genus Metavononoides Roewer, 1928 is herein described. Metavononoides melanacanthus sp. nov. is clearly recognized by its distinctive tarsal formula, its long legs (reaching over 60 mm), and by its characteristic color pattern. The new species is the twelfth species included in the genus. It is known only from two localities: the type locality, Barra de São João, Casimiro de Abreu and from Aldeia Velha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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