Goniosoma venustum C. L. Koch, 1839

Ázara, Ludson Neves De & Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, 2018, Annotated checklist of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) associated with Brazilian caves, Zootaxa 4439 (1), pp. 1-107 : 51

46. Goniosoma venustum C. L. Koch, 1839

( Figs 14F , 15A , 36F )

Records in caves. RIO DE JANEIRO. Cambuci: Gruta das Furnas, id. by L.N. Ázara, ( ISLA 1522). Varre-Sai: Caverna do Pirozzi, id. by L.N. Ázara, ( ISLA 1503), ( ISLA 14287).

Epigean records. BRAZIL. State and municipality unspecified ( Koch 1839b). SÃO PAULO. Alto da Serra ( Mello-Leitão 1923). RIO DE JANEIRO. Jacarepaguá ( Mello-Leitão 1931); Santa Maria Madalena; Petrópolis ( DaSilva & Gnaspini 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Habitus, dorsal view. A) Goniosoma carum, female (ISLA 9515); B, C) Goniosoma roridum, male (ISLA 1524), female (ISLA 13231); D, E) Goniosoma vatrax, male (ISLA 12878), female (ISLA 9595); F) Goniosoma venustum, male (ISLA 1503).

FIGURE 15. Habitus, dorsal view. A) Goniosoma venustum, female (ISLA 14287); B, C) Mitogoniella indistincta, male (ISLA 9507), female (ISLA 5740); D) Mitogoniella modesta, male (ISLA 9517); E, F) Mitogoniella mucuri, male (ISLA 3971), female (ISLA 3968).

FIGURE 36. Living specimens inside the caves. A) Roquettea morpho. 1 from Caverna SL-61, Curionópolis, PA; B) Acutisoma longipes, male from Gruta do Mandembe, Luminárias, MG; C) Goniosoma capixaba, female from Gruta Archimides Panssini, Vargem Alta, Espírito Santo; D) Goniosoma vatrax, male from Caverna MP-2, Itabirito, MG; E) Goniosoma vatrax, female from Caverna Rola Moça I, Belo Horizonte, MG; F) Goniosoma venustum, male from Gruta das Furnas, Cambuci, RJ. Photos A, D, F courtesy by Espeleo Team and B, C, E, F by R.L. Ferreira.