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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 3: 17 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.8
Page range: 397–408
Abstract views: 212
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Stygophrynus orientalis sp. nov. (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Indonesia with the description of a remarkable spermatophore

Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Science, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria Institute of Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24098 Kiel, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia
Amblypygi Whip spider Charontidae Stygophrynus new species spermatophore cerotegument structure South-East Asia distribution biodiversity

Abstract

Here Stygophrynus orientalis sp. nov. is described, a new charontid whip spider from Banggai Island, Indonesia, representing the most eastern record of the genus exceeding the formerly postulated restriction of its distribution western of the Wallace Line. In addition, the third known spermatophore of a Stygophrynus species is presented, which differs remarkably from those previously described from the genus. Finally, the cerotegument structure of the new species is depicted and compared with that of other Charontidae and Charinidae.

 

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