Title of article :
A new species of Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi Tourinho, 2008 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Colombia
Author/Authors :
VILLARREAL MANZANILLA, Osvaldo Central University of Venezuela - Faculty of Agronomy, Museum of the Agrarian Zoology Institute, VENEZUELA , GARCÍA, Luis Fernando Republic University - Faculty of Science - Entomology Department, URUGUAY , GARCÍA, Luis Fernando Biological Research Institute Clemente Estable - Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, URUGUAY
Abstract :
Piaroa guipongai sp. nov. is described based on specimens found in a secondary forest in the department of Tolima, Colombia, representing the third species of Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi Tourinho, 2008, and the fi rst from this country. It shares with P. virichaj Villarreal, Giupponi Tourinho, 2008 the shape and size of the male fl agellum and the presence of a conspicuous ventral tubercle in the femur; however, like P. bijagua Armas Víquez, 2009, it has a larger guard tooth on the chelicerae. When captured, the male holotype emitted an acetic acid secretion, as was previously observed with only 2 other schizomid species. With the addition of this species, the number of Piaroa species is raised to 3, with 5 schizomid species currently known from Colombia.
Keywords :
Schizomida , taxonomy , Colombia , Tolima , acetic acid secretion
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
