QARIKICHKAURU MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES GEN. NOV.

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Etymology: From Quechua qari (strong)+ kichka (spine)+ uru (spider). As Quechua does not have genders, we determine here this name to be the neuter gender.

Diagnosis: Robust cosmetids with extremely thick spines in areas I and III; other areas of mesotergum unarmed (Figs 17, 18). DS beta type. Spines in area I with yellow tip (Fig. 18A). Coxa IV convex with groin warts and yellow spots without a recognizable pattern in the lateral region (Fig. 17B). Long and unarmed legs (Figs 17, 18).

Type species: Cynorta oxapampa Roewer, 1952 .

Included species: Qarikichkauru albireticulatum (Roewer, 1952) comb. nov.; Q. oxapampa (Roewer, 1952) comb. nov.; Q. azucarium (Roewer, 1959) comb. nov.; Q. pichitanum (Roewer, 1959) comb. nov.; and Q. krausi (Roewer, 1963) comb. nov.