Charinus pardillalensis ( González-Sponga, 1998 )

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 : 63-64

Charinus pardillalensis ( González-Sponga, 1998)

Fig. 27 ; Table 2

Charinides pardillalensis González-Sponga, 1998: 3–8 , figs 9–13, map 1.

Charinus pardillalensis – Harvey 2003: 7, fig. 13. — Jocqué & Giupponi 2012: 55. — Vasconcelos et al. 2013: 497. — Miranda et al. 2016c: 31.

Diagnosis

Based on González-Sponga (1998), this species may be separated from other Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America by means of the following combination of characters: median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines and two ventral spines; pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines and two ventral spines; tarsus with two dorsal spines; leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles.

Etymology

Adjective derived from the name of the hill on which the type material was collected ( González-Sponga 1998).

Type material

Holotype VENEZUELA • ♀; Aragua, San Casimiro municipality, Morro de Pardillal; [10°00′16″ N, 67°00′50″ W]; 500 m a.s.l.; 12 Aug. 1978; A.R. Delgado de Gonzalez , J.A. Gonzalez and M.A. González-Sponga leg.; MIZA [not examined].

Paratypes VENEZUELA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MIZA [not examined] • 4 ex.; same collection data as for holotype; MIZA [not examined] .

Measurements

See Table 2 .

Distribution

Known only from the type locality.

Natural history

According to González-Sponga (1998), this species was found in an area of savanna and forest, and inhabits crevices in clay slopes caused by erosion.

Remarks

Charinus pardillalensis was described based on females whereas males are unknown. The median and lateral ocular tubercles are equally weakly developed. The leg IV basitibia of this species was described as consisting of two pseudo-articles, but Jocqué & Giupponi (2012) suggested the basitibia of this species consists of three pseudo-articles.

Figures

Fig. 27. Map plotting known distributions of species of Charinus Simon, 1892 in northern South America.