Charinus centralis Armas & Ávila Calvo, 2000

Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), European Journal of Taxonomy 772, pp. 1-409 : 23-25

Charinus centralis Armas & Ávila Calvo, 2000

Fig. 12 ; Table 1

Charinus centralis Armas & Ávila Calvo, 2000: 290–291 , fig. 1a–d.

Charinus centralis – Harvey 2003: 5. — Armas 2004: 38; 2006b: 227, figs 6, 7b; 2013a: 16. — Teruel et al. 2009: 202, fig. 2. — Armas et al. 2009: 136. — Teruel & Questel 2015: 47. — Miranda et al. 2016b: 555, 557.

Diagnosis

Based on the description of Armas & Ávila Calvo (2000), this species may be separated from other Caribbean and Central American Charinus by means of the following combination of characters: median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; lateral eyes reduced and unpigmented; tritosternum short and narrow; bifid tooth on cheliceral basal segment with ventral cusp larger than dorsal cusp; pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines and three ventral spines; pedipalp femur with two prominent setiferous tubercles dorsally between spine 1 and proximal margin; pedipalp patella with three dorsal spines and two ventral spines; pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines; tibia of leg I with 23 articles, tarsus I with 41 articles; first tarsal article 2.4–3.0 times as long as second article; leg IV basitibia with three pseudoarticles; trichobothrium bt situated in proximal third and bc situated equidistant between bf and sbf.

Compared to other Cuban species, C. centralis differs from C. acosta in the absence of median eyes and the larger first article of the leg I tarsus (for details see Miranda et al. 2016b: table 1) and from the geographically closest species, C. cubensis , C. decu , and C. tomasmicheli , as well as C. wanlessi , by the different numbers of articles on the antenniform leg I and the distinctive size of the first article of the leg I tarsus.

Etymology

Adjective referring to the geographical distribution of this species, which occurs in the central region of Cuba (Armas & Ávilla Calvo 2000).

Type material

Holotype CUBA • ♀; Sancti Spíritus Province, Maisinicú, Trinidad ; [21°48′15.12″ N, 79°59′05.32″ W]; 22 Oct. 1985; L.F. de Armas leg.; IES [not examined].

Paratypes CUBA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 1 juv.; same collection data as for holotype; IES [not examined] • 2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same locality as for holotype; 21 May 1985; L.F. de Armas leg.; IES [not examined] • 1 juv.; Guanayara , Trinidad, entrance of cave Las Columnas [Cueva del Veterano]; 19 Mar. 1985; L.F. de Armas leg.; IES [not examined] • 2 ♀♀; Guanayara , Trinidad; 24 Oct. 1985; L.F. de Armas leg.; IES [not examined] .

Measurements

See Table 1 .

Distribution

Known from the type locality and two other nearby localities in the Trinidad Municipality of Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba ( Teruel et al. 2009). The species appears to be restricted to the coastal strip of the Guamuhaya Massif.

Natural history

Found under stones in coastal and sub-coastal forests, from sea level to 100 m a.s.l.

Remarks

Armas & Ávilla Calvo (2000) mentioned four dorsal spines on the pedipalp patella, but included the long distal setiferous tubercle in the count of dorsal spines.

Figures

Fig. 12. Map plotting known distributions of species of Charinus Simon, 1892 in the Caribbean and Central America.