Auranus tepui

Colmenares, Pío A., Porto, Willians & Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the genus Auranus (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4103 (2), pp. 117-129 : 121-122

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.2
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scientific name	Auranus tepui
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Auranus tepui View in CoL Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012

( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 D, 7D)

Auranus tepui Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012: 12, figs 6A–F, 14A–C. (Type INPA OP-1032, male holotype, examined).

Complementary description. Penis. Reinterpretation of the chaetotaxy (Pinto-da-Rocha and Tourinho 2012, figs 14 A–C): MS A: A1–A3 inserted lateroventrally on malleus; MS B: one pair inserted ventrally on malleus. MS C: three pairs, cylindrical and sharp, forming a group placed laterally on calyx. MS D: one pair, cylindrical and sharp. MS E: asymmetric, E1 sharp and placed ventrally, forming a group with MS C, and E2 large, placed ventroapically on malleus, as in A. hehu .

Distribution ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ): Brazil: Amazonas: Barcelos, Pico da Neblina (type locality).

Material examined: male holotype (INPA-OP 1032), Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Bebedouro Velho, Pico da Neblina, 400 m. a.s.l.; Leg. D. Candiani; 13.x.2007 (photo voucher).