Ampycella Roewer, 1929

Villarreal, Osvaldo, Ahumada-C., Daniela & Delgado-Santa, Leonardo, 2023, Mapping the distribution of armored harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) in Colombia: updated list of species, taxonomic contributions, and insight of diversity in protected areas, ZooKeys 1175, pp. 223-284 : 223

Ampycella Roewer, 1929

Included species.

Ampycella frizzellae ( Mello-Leitão, 1942); Ampycella spiniventris Roewer, 1929 (type species); Ampycella fortunata sp. nov.

Diagnosis.

Outline of DS type alpha; four mesotergal areas well defined and unarmed; DS with small yellowish tubercle on the lateral margins (Fig. 10A, B, F ). Free tergites II and III with a posteromedial spine (Fig. 11B ). Penis (only known to A. fortunata sp. nov.): VP sub-rectangular with medial constriction, giving it a guitar-shaped appearance, and distal border without cleft; MS-A1-A3 in the medial portion of the VP; MS-B absent; MS-C1-C3 distally located, similar to each other; MS-D1 as large as MS-A similar to each other, medially located and pointing distally. Stylus clearly differentiated from the glans, slightly curved in the distal portion (Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Figure 10. Ampycella fortunata sp. nov., male holotype (CIUQ- 020635) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D right pedipalp: mesal view E ditto, ectal view. Female paratype (CIUQ- 020636): F dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 11. Ampycella fortunata sp. nov., male holotype (CIUQ- 020635) A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, lateral view C-F tarsus I-IV, retrolateral view G right trochanter and femur IV, dorsal view H patella and tibia IV, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 12. Ampycella fortunata sp. nov., male paratype (CIUQ- 020637), penis A, B lateral view C, D ventral view E, F dorsolateral view. Figures not scaled.