Protus quadripunctatus (Roewer, 1947) Medrano & Kury & Mendes, 2022

Medrano, Miguel, Kury, Adriano Brilhante & Mendes, Amanda Cruz, 2022, Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195, pp. 585-672 : 636

PROTUS QUADRIPUNCTATUS

( ROEWER, 1947) COMB. NOV.

( FIGS 30 , 39 )

Paraprotus quadripunctatus Roewer, 1947: 32 , pl. 12, fig. 105.

Type data: Syntypes: Brazil. Amazonas : Manaus [–2.978°, –60.1435°], 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( SMF RII 1489 /7a–b, examined by photograph) .

Diagnosis: DS beta-type, lenticular in lateral view higher at areas II – III ( Fig. 39C ). May be differentiated from other Protus by having 10 coloured tubercles in lateral coxa IV near DS ( Fig. 39B–D ).

Distribution: Only known from the type locality. Uatuma-Trombetas moist forest ecoregion in the Amazonas State of Brazil.

Figures

Figure 30. Map of known distribution of Protus. Numbers correspond to the following WWF ecoregions: 1 = Ucayali moist forest, 2 = Iquitos varzea, 3 = Southwest Amazon moist forest, 4 = Solimões-Japurá moist forest, 5 = Juruá-Purus moist forest, 6 = Madeira-Tapajos moist forest, 7 = Japurá-Solimões-Negro moist forest, 8 = Uatuma-Trombetas moist forest, 9 = Mato Grosso seasonal forest.

Figure 39. Protus quadripunctatus, male syntype (SMF RII 1489/7a). A, dorsal view. B, ventral view. C, lateral view. D, detail of coxa IV in dorsal view. E, original label. Scale bars: 1 mm. Photos courtesy Abel Pérez.