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Three new species of Thrasychiroides Soares & Soares, 1947 from Brazilian mountains (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae)

Three new species of the genus Thrasychiroides are described from the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest mountains: Thrasychiroides moporanga sp. nov. (type locality: Reserva Biologica de Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo), T. toryba sp. nov. (type locality: São Francisco de Paula, Stat...

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Autor principal: Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo
Outros Autores: Bragagnolo, Cibele, Tourinho, A. L.
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: Zootaxa 2020
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Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17701
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Three new species of the genus Thrasychiroides are described from the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest mountains: Thrasychiroides moporanga sp. nov. (type locality: Reserva Biologica de Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo), T. toryba sp. nov. (type locality: São Francisco de Paula, State of Rio Grande do Sul) and T. ybytyra sp. nov. (type locality: Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, State of Minas Gerais). The male genital of Thrasychiroides brasilicus Soares & Soares, 1947 is illustrated for the first time. A remarkable structure on the penis of Thrasychiroides species is described and defined as pair of "arms", also considered a putative synapomorphy of the genus. Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press.