Auranus

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 : 125

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6088041

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scientific name

Auranus
status

 

Key to males of Auranus View in CoL

1. One spine on scutal area III..................................................... A. xerxes View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 E, 7E)

- Two spines on scutal area III............................................................................ 2

2. Femur IV without dorsoapical tubercles.................................................................... 3

- Femur IV with two dorsoapical tubercles................................................................... 4

3. Lateral margins with a row of granules; posterior margin with a row of tubercles; three tubercles on area III................................................................................................ A. parvus View in CoL ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C, 7C)

- Lateral and posterior margins smooth; one tubercle on area III................................ A. tepui View in CoL ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 D, 7D)

4. Lateral margins with a row of tubercles; tibia IV with two ventral rows of tubercles................ A. hehu View in CoL ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 A, 7A)

- Lateral margins smooth; tibia IV with one ventral row of large tubercles............... A. leonidas View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 B, 7B)

Gallery Image

FIGURE 6. Auranus spp. and Verrucastygnus hoeferscovitorum comb. nov., dorsal views. A, A. hehu; B, A. leonidas sp. nov.; C, A. parvus; D, A. tepui; E, A. xerxes sp. nov.; F, V. hoeferscovitorum comb. nov..

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

SubOrder

Laniatores

Family

Stygnidae