Qarikichkauru, 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 : 610

QARIKICHKAURU MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES GEN. NOV.

Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: DFDB7F99-B283-4AFB-AF50-33B81B28C67F

Etymology: From Quechua qari (strong)+ kichka (spine)+ uru (spider). As Quechua does not have genders, we determine here this name to be the neuter gender.

Diagnosis: Robust cosmetids with extremely thick spines in areas I and III; other areas of mesotergum unarmed ( Figs 17 , 18 ). DS beta type. Spines in area I with yellow tip ( Fig. 18A ). Coxa IV convex with groin warts and yellow spots without a recognizable pattern in the lateral region ( Fig. 17B ). Long and unarmed legs ( Figs 17 , 18 ).

Type species: Cynorta oxapampa Roewer, 1952 .

Included species: Qarikichkauru albireticulatum ( Roewer, 1952) comb. nov.; Q. oxapampa ( Roewer, 1952) comb. nov.; Q. azucarium ( Roewer, 1959) comb. nov.; Q. pichitanum ( Roewer, 1959) comb. nov.; and Q. krausi ( Roewer, 1963) comb. nov.

Figures

Figure 17. Qarikichkauru albireticulatum, male holotype (SMF RII 9793/15). A, dorsal view. B, latero-dorsal view. C, panoramic latero-dorsal view. D, original labels. Photos courtesy Abel Pérez.

Figure 18. Qarikichkauru oxapampa, male holotype (SMF RII 9793/15). A, dorsal view. B, latero-dorsal view. C, original labels. Photos courtesy Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha.