Paravima plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) García & Villarreal, 2023

Garcia, Andres F. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2023, Looks are deceiving: a cladistic analysis, three new species, and a new diagnosis of Paravima Caporiacco, 1951 (Opiliones: Agoristenidae), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 409-437 : 409

Paravima plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) comb. nov.

Figs 10 , 18

Vima plana Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949: 21, figs 1-2; Rambla, 1978: 12, figs 4-6, 16 [misidentification]; González-Sponga, 1987: 525, figs 678-683.

Trinella plana : Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996: 319; Kury, 2003: 33.

Avima plana : Villarreal-M. & Kury, 2009: 67.

Ayachuco (incorrect subsequent spelling) scabrifemur Caporiacco 1951: 9, fig. 4a-b. Synonymy established by González-Sponga (1997).

Trinella scabriferum , (incorrect subsequent spelling): Soares & Avram, 1981: 95; Soares & Avram, 1982: 19, figs 32-35.

Diagnosis.

Mesotergal area III unarmed (shared with P. quirozi comb. nov.). The remaining Paravima species have paired conical, mammilliform, spiniform or domed tubercles. Mesotergal areas reticulated, with irregular spots on laterals of areas I and III.

Description.

See González-Sponga (1987). Here we offer a complementary description based on (MNRJ 9328* and MIZA 0105868): Anterior and lateral margins of DS smooth, posterior margin with some granules. Margins of DS variegated; posterior region of carapace, areas I and IV, the laterals of areas II-III, and the anterior region of area V with a dark spot (Fig. 10A-D ). Mesotergum delimited, divided into four areas: area I divided into two halves; areas II-IV undivided; areas I-IV with a pair of paramedian low tubercles, those of area III domed (Fig. 10B, D ). Cheliceral hand swollen. Pedipalpal segments slender (Fig. 10A-D ). Legs increasing in thickness from leg I to leg IV. Leg I filiform. Legs III and IV with granules (Fig. 10A, B ). Coxa I with one proximal conical tubercle at the anterior margin and a longitudinal row of tubercles at the medial portion (Fig. 10E ). Fe IV four times DS length (Fig. 10A ).

Distribution.

Known from Aragua state, in the Venezuelan biogeographic province ( Morrone et al. 2022) (Fig. 18 ).

Material examined.

Type material: Holotype ♂, VENEZUELA, Aragua, Girardot, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier | [10.3494° -67.6840°] | ([ Department of Tropical Research , New York Zoological Society ], not examined) . - Other material: VENEZUELA: 1 ♀, Aragua, [Girardot], Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Pico Periquito | [10.33909° -67.70320°] | 1100 m | 6.x.2008, O. Villarreal leg. (MNRJ 9327*) ; 1 ♂ 2 ♀, same locality as previous, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, sendero Andrew Field , [10.34969°, -67.68471°], 6.x.2008, R. Batista and O. Villarreal leg. (MNRJ 9328*) ; 3 ♀ 2 ♂, same locality as previous, Hacienda La Trilla [vertiente norte], [10.38889°, -67.74611°], [128 m], x.2008, R. Batista, O. Villarreal, J. Valeria, C. Rodríguez, and Q. Arias leg. (MIZA 0105868, new Record) ; 5 ♂ 1 ♀, Cumboto, Hacienda Santa Maria , [10.3603°, -67.8218°], 650 m, 30.viii.2003, C. Rodríguez leg. (MIZA 0105906) .

Figures

Figure 10. Paravima plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) comb. nov. (MNRJ 9328 *) male. Habitus: A Panoramic view; B dorsal view; C lateral view; D anterior view; E ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 18. Map showing the geographic distribution of Paravima in Northern South America. The background colored shapes refer to the biogeographic provinces of Morrone et al. (2022).