irst record of the interaction between the arthropod-pathogenic fungus Gibellula and a new species of harvestman Auranus (Stygnidae) narrowly endemic to the Brazilian rain fores

Author(s)

Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio ^[1] ; Araujo-Da-Silva, Luiz Paulo ^[2] ; Vasconcellos-Neto, Joao ^[3] ; Silva Moura Sobczak, Jullyana Cristina Magalhaes ^[4] ; Fonseca, Emily Oliveira ^{[4, 5]} ; De Sousa Nobrega, Francisco Ageu ^[5] ; Pires, Joedson Castro ^{[4, 5]} ; Paiva Arruda, Italo Diego ^{[4, 5]} ; Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino ^[6] ; Sobczak, Jober Fernando ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, CP 6109, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Paraiba, Ctr Ciencias Exatas & Nat, Programa Posgrad Zool, Cidade Univ, BR-58051900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Ceara, Ctr Ciencias, Dept Biol, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Recursos Nat, Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

^[5] Univ Integrac Int Lusofonia AfroBrasileira, Inst Ciencias Exatas & Nat, Lab Ecol & Evoluc, Rodovia CE 060, Km 51 S-N, BR-62785000 Acarape, CE - Brazil

^[6] Univ Fed Paraiba, Ctr Ciencias Exatas & Nat, Dept Sistemat & Ecol, Cidade Univ, BR-58051900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 5071, n. 3, p. 403-414, NOV 24 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Harvestmen are one of the largest groups of arachnids with more than 6,500 species distributed in 1,500 genera and 50 families. However, the interactions between harvestmen and arthropod-pathogenic fungi have rarely been studied. Certain previous studies report that fungal attack represents one of the most important factors for the mortality of harvestmen, but the fungus has rarely been identified, and most of the important information about the fungus-host interactions remains unrecorded. In the present study, we have described the new species Auranus quilombola sp. nov. and reported its interactions with the arthropod-pathogenic fungus Gibellula sp. Auranus quilombola sp. nov. belongs to the family Stygnidae, and it is endemic to the humid mountain forests of Ceara state, Brazil in an area of endemism known as Brejos Cearenses. The species is related to five other species of Auranus, all of which have been recorded from the Amazon rainforest. A taxonomic description of this new species and its biogeographic implications have also been discussed in this paper. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/50297-0 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: a multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot
• Grantee: Cristina Yumi Miyaki
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants