Gonyleptellus, Roewer, 1930

Ázara, Ludson Neves De & Kury, Adriano Brilhante, 2019, The mosaic tiled harvestmen-taxonomic review of Gonyleptellus Roewer, 1930 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Gonyleptinae), Zootaxa 4623 (2), pp. 201-238 : 206

Key to females of Gonyleptellus

1. Presence of oval flecks on carapace ( Figs 2C , 6C , 10C )....................................................... 2

- Absence of oval flecks on carapace ( Fig. 18C ).............................................................. 3

2. Areas I–III with large tiles ( Figs 2C , 10C )................................................................. 4

- Areas I–III with tiles reduced (with the size of granules) ( Fig. 6C ).................................. G. bimaculatus

3. Tiles surrounding laterally the spines on area III ( Fig. 18C ); area III armed with a pair of paramedian spines ( Fig. 18F ).............................................................................. G. pustulosus reval., comb. nov.

- Tiles not surrounding laterally the spines on area III ( Fig. 14C ); area III armed with a pair of paramedian rounded and high tubercles ( Fig. 14F )................................................................ G. pustulatus comb. nov.

4. Laterals of dorsal scutum covered all along with medium-sized tiles ( Fig. 2C ); high oval flecks of carapace brilliant orange yellow ( Fig. 2C )........................................................................ G. angeloi sp. nov.

- Laterals of dorsal scutum not covered with medium-sized tiles ( Fig. 10C ); oval flecks of carapace vivid yellow ( Fig. 10C ) ………………………………………..................................................... G. cancellatus reval.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Gonyleptellus angeloi sp. nov., male paratype (MNRJ 8619) and female paratype (MNRJ 9418), habitus. A, B) male, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; C, D) female, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; E) male, right lateral view; F) female, right lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Gonyleptellus bimaculatus (Sørensen, 1884), male (MNRJ 2074) and female (MNRJ 9416), habitus. A, B) male, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; C, D) female, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; E) male, right lateral view; F) female, right lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 10. Gonyleptellus cancellatus (Roewer, 1917) reval., male (MNRJ 18844) and female (MNRJ 18844), habitus. A, B) male, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; C, D) female, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; E) male, lateral view; F) female, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 14. Gonyleptellus pustulatus (Sørensen, 1884) comb. nov., male (MNRJ 9078) and female (MNRJ 9077), habitus. A, B) male, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; C, D) female, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; E) male, right lateral view; F) female, right lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Gonyleptellus pustulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1935) reval., comb. nov., male (MNRJ 2684) and female (MNRJ 8712), habitus.A, B) Male, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; C, D) female, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; E) male, lateral view; F) female, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.