A new species of Sickesia (Laniatores: Stygnidae: Opiliones) and new records for the State of Piaui, Brazil

Autor(es)

Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo ; Carvalho, Leonardo S.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ZOOLOGIA; v. 26, n. 2, p. 6-pg., 2009-06-01.

Resumo

Sickesia tremembe sp. nov. is described from Piaui, Northeast Brazil (type-locality: Sete Cidades National Park, Brasileira and Piracuruca municipalities). It differs from S. usta and S. helmuti by the clavate male femur IV and chelicerae segment I with a pair of large tubercles on retrolateral surface. The Stygnidae Stygnus polyacanthus (Mello-Leitao, 1923); the Cosmetidae, Gryne pluriarcuata Mello-Leitao, 1936 and undetermined species of Paecilaema and Gryne and also representatives of Escadabiidae and Sclerosomatidae (Gagrellinae) are recorded from this state, for the first time. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/06604-7 - Filogenia dos opiliões da família Gonyleptidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) baseada em caracteres morfológicos, moleculares e comportamentais
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Pinto da Rocha
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular