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

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scientific name	Auranus tepui
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Auranus tepui Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012

( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 D, 7 D)

Auranus tepui Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012: 12, figs 6 A –F, 14 A –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: A 1 –A 3 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, E 1 sharp and placed ventrally, forming a group with MS C, and E 2 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).

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FIGURE 6. Auranus spp. and Verrucastygnus hoeferscovitorum comb. nov., dorsal views. A, A. hehu; B, A. leonidas sp. nov.; C, A. parvus; D, A. tepui; E, A. xerxes sp. nov.; F, V. hoeferscovitorum comb. nov..