Charinus belizensis, Miranda, Giupponi & Wizen, 2016

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 : 20-21

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.5570682

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F431375-FF8A-FFC7-A6C2-FD5DFDF1DD7A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Charinus belizensis
status

 

Charinus belizensis View in CoL Miranda, Giupponi & Wizen, 2016

Fig. 12 View Fig ; Table 1 View Table 1

Charinus belizensis View in CoL Miranda et al., 2016b: 547–550, figs 1a, d, 2a–b, 3a, c, 4a, c, 5a–b, g, 6a, d, g, 7a, 8.

Diagnosis

This species may be separated from other Caribbean and Central American Charinus by means of the following combination of characters: median eyes and ocular tubercle absent; gonopods cushion-like; cheliceral claw with four teeth; cusps of bifid tooth of basal cheliceral segment with dorsal and ventral projections of equal size; tibia of leg I with 23 articles; tarsus I with 41 articles, first article of leg I tarsus three or four times as long as second article.

Etymology

Adjective referring to the country, Belize, where the species occurs ( Miranda et al. 2016b).

Type material (examined)

Holotype BELIZE • ♂; Cayo District, Armenia, Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch Jungle Lodge; 17°09′56.89″ N, 88°40′55.89″ W; 7 Sep. 2014; G. Wizen leg.; Caves Branch forest, nature trail, under and inside rotting logs; HUJ INV AMB 117 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes BELIZE • 1 ♀, 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype; 2 Sep. 2014; G. Wizen leg.; HUJ INV AMB 118 GoogleMaps 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; MNRJ 9306 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Measurements

See Table 1 View Table 1 .

Distribution

Known only from the type locality.

Natural history

Inhabits decomposing parts of fallen tree logs and deserted termite galleries in broadleaf forest; collected with Diplocentrus maya Francke, 1977 ( Scorpiones : Diplocentridae Karsch, 1880 ) and millipedes of the order Platydesmida Cook, 1895 . More than one individual was collected in the same log cavity, suggesting a degree of tolerance towards conspecifics. The species was observed to prey on small insects and spiders inside the log.

Remarks

A detailed description and comparison with other species of the genus, habitat and behavior can be found in Miranda et al. (2016b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Amblypygi

Family

Charinidae

Genus

Charinus

Loc

Charinus belizensis

Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj 2021
2021
Loc

Charinus belizensis

Miranda, Giupponi & Wizen 2016
2016
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