Sarax omanensis ( Delle Cave, Gardner & Weygoldt, 2009 ) Miranda & Giupponi & Prendini & Scharff, 2021

Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), European Journal of Taxonomy 772, pp. 1-409 : 225-226

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5570646
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F431375-FF79-FF32-A666-FCD5FBB1DE09
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sarax omanensis ( Delle Cave, Gardner & Weygoldt, 2009 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Sarax omanensis ( Delle Cave, Gardner & Weygoldt, 2009) View in CoL comb. nov.

Fig. 135 View Fig ; Table 9

Charinus omanensis Delle Cave et al., 2009: 130–132 View in CoL , figs 1–7.

Diagnosis

Based in part on Delle Cave et al. (2009), this small troglomorphic species most closely resembles S. stygochthobius comb. nov., from which it differs in the slightly larger size; the presence of vestigial lateral eyes; the finger-like female gonopod with wrinkled base, well separated from the margin of the genital operculum; the long dorsal lobe of the male gonopod, projecting forward and surpassing all other lobes; larger numbers of pedipalp spines, and leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles.

Etymology

Although unspecified, the species name is evidently an adjective referring to Oman, the country in which the species occurs.

Type material

Holotype OMAN • ♀; Al Hota-Al Fallah cave system; 23°04.75′ N, 57°21.17′ E; Jabal Akhdar; 11 Feb. 1999; ca 730 m a.s.l.; A.S. Gardner leg.; ONHM [not examined]. GoogleMaps

Paratypes OMAN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ONHM [not examined] GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MZUF 213 View Materials [not examined] GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MZUF 2015 View Materials [not examined] GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MZUF [not examined] GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as holotype; MZUF 214 View Materials [not examined] GoogleMaps .

Measurements

See Table 9.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality.

Natural history

Inhabits a cave in an arid region.

Remarks

This species was originally described in the genus Charinus and is hereby transferred to Sarax based on the phylogenetic analyses of Miranda et al. (2021). The female genitalia are consistent with its placement in Sarax . See Delle Cave et al. (2009) for a description of this species.