Auranus hehu

Colmenares, Pío A., Porto, Willians & Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the genus Auranus (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4103 (2), pp. 117-129 : 119

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2
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scientific name	Auranus hehu
status

Treatment

Auranus hehu Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012

( Figs 6 A, 7 A, 8)

Auranus hehu Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012: 11, figs 5 A–E, 13 D–F; Kury & Villarreal 2015: 4, 6, 18, 30, figs 4 A–C. ( Type INPA OP- 0983, male holotype).

Complementary description. Penis. Reinterpretation of the chaetotaxy: MS A–B bifid, A 1 –A 3 is inserted dorsolaterally, while B is inserted almost ventrally, following the row of MS A. MS C: three small cylindrical and sharp setae on lateral edge of lamina parva. MS D: one pair of cylindrical and sharp setae inserted basally on laterals of lamina parva. MS E: E 1 cylindrical and sharp, grouped with MS C, E 2 bifid, inserted ventrally in the malleus. Illustrations of the genital chaetotaxy of this species are available in Kury & Villarreal ( 2015).

Distribution ( Fig. 8): Brazil: Amazonas: Tapirapecó Mountain ( type locality).

Material examined: male holotype (INPA-OP 0983), Amazonas, Barcelos, Tapirapecó, 180 m. a.s.l; Leg. A. Nogueira; 29.ix. 2006 (photo voucher).