Zannicranaus, Kury, Adriano B., 2012

Kury, Adriano B., 2012, A new genus of Cranaidae from Ecuador (Opiliones: Laniatores), Zootaxa 3314, pp. 31-44 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.281089
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5697370
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE87D3-7D7A-FFE8-FF1D-FC69FD25F96F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zannicranaus
status	gen. nov.

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Zannicranaus View in CoL new genus

Etymology. From Zanni, one of the masquerade stereotypes of Italian Commedia dell’arte, notable for having a big nose (which strongly resembles the spine in frontal hump which characterizes the genus) + pre-existing generic name Cranaus . Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Outline of dorsal scutum in dorsal view guitar-shaped (widest part clearly displaced posteriorly) either with ( Z. morlacus , Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ) or without defined coda ( Z. monoclonius , Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 ). Frontal hump of carapace with huge spine bent frontwards ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 22 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ). Cheliceral bulla of male with mid-posterior dorsal erect spine ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 22 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ). Tibia-tarsus of pedipalpus rotated ectally ( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 13 , 30 View FIGURES 30 – 32 ); femur-tibia with dorsal rounded tubercles ( Figs. 7–8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 , 13 View FIGURES 11 – 13 , 26–27 View FIGURES 26 – 29 , 32 View FIGURES 30 – 32 ). Femur with dorso-apical short spine ( Figs. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 10 , 27 View FIGURES 26 – 29 ), none of pedipalpal articles specially elongate. Male calcaneus I twice as long as astragalus and thickened. Coxa IV of male with pair of ventro-distal paramedian acuminate tubercles ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 22 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ). Femur IV of male from substraight ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ) to slightly sinuous ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 3 ) and with few weak spines. Tarsi III–IV with weak scopula, tarsal claws unpectinated. Tarsal counts, male: 7(3)/12-16(3)/7-9/ 8-9, female: 6(3)/13(3)/8/9. Truncus penis either straight ( Z. morlacus , Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ) or clearly angled ( Z. monoclonius , Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ). Ventral plate of penis strongly angled against truncus ( Figs. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 20 , 33 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ), with wide and shallow V-cleft ( Figs. 15–16 View FIGURES 14 – 20 , 34–35 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ), either guitar-shaped ( Z. monoclonius , Fig. 15 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ) or subrectangular ( Z. morlacus , Fig. 34 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ), and with two lateral patches of scale-setae on ventral surface ( Figs. 15 View FIGURES 14 – 20 , 34 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ). Glans sac very long, fanfold, with small conical dorsal process ( Figs. 14, 16 View FIGURES 14 – 20 , 33, 38 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ). Stylus either straight, growing thinner distally ( Z. monoclonius , Fig. 20 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ) or uniformly thin, sinuous ( Z. morlacus , Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ). Stylus head either simple, elongate-erythrocyte-shaped ( Z. morlacus , Figs. 36–37 View FIGURES 33 – 38 ) or complex, with 2 stylar distally-villose caps ( Z. monoclonius ): dorsal horseshoe-shaped ( Figs. 19–20 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ) and ventral elongate tapering foliaceous ( Figs. 17–18, 20 View FIGURES 14 – 20 ). Sexual dimorphism evident in shape of carapace and basichelicerite (compare Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 and 6 View FIGURES 4 – 6 ), much stronger in male (females known only for Z. monoclonius ).