Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000)

Figs 9.4 and 18

Type locality.

Xingó, state of Alagoas, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along four ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (80-869 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 412 and 932 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It is found in Caatinga areas where there is predominance of bromeliads (Rodrigues 2000). Despite occurring in many locations in the Caatinga and in different phytophysiognomies, the distribution pattern is relictual, due to the availability of its microhabitat (bromelias) (Rodrigues 2003; Magalhães et al. 2014). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Blattodea and Araneae the most representative items (Jorge 2019). Viviparous, the female usually with clutch of 1-4 embryos (Stevaux 1993).