Charinus ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

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 : 54-55

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5536672

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F431375-FFAC-FFE5-A51C-FAE8FC1DD9C1

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Charinus ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016
status

 

Charinus ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 View in CoL

Fig. 27 View Fig ; Table 2 View Table 2

Charinus ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016: 21–23 View in CoL , figs 2g, 3g, 4h, 10a–f.

Diagnosis

Based on Giupponi & Miranda (2016), this species may be separated from other Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America by means of the following combination of characters: tegument pale yellow; median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; lateral eyes reduced and pale; small, rounded tetra- and pentasternum; reduced tritosternum, slightly surpassing base of pedipalp coxae; male gonopod with long, curved, wrinkled medial lobes; lateral lobe fimbriate; median lobe surpassing lateral and dorsal lobes; female gonopod cushion-like; pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines; spines of pedipalp tibia subequal; basal spine of pedipalp tarsus large, ca two-thirds length of distal spine; tibia of leg I with 21 articles, tarsus I with 37 articles; leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles; leg IV basitibia trichobothrium bt situated in proximal third; leg IV distitibia with 16 trichobothria; sc and sf series each with five trichobothria; basal trichobothria bc and sbf situated closer to each other than to bf.

Etymology

The name is an adjective derived from the Latin ‘ ferrum ’, referring to the iron ore cave in which the type specimens were collected ( Giupponi & Miranda 2016).

Type material

Holotype BRAZIL • ♀; Pará, Carajás National Forest , Gruta S11 D64 ; 23 May–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; MZSP 29104 View Materials .

Paratypes BRAZIL • 1 ♀; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 A03 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; bright area; MZSP 29103 View Materials 3 juv. ♀♀; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 A05 ; 23 Jul.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; MZSP 29110 View Materials 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 A07 ; 23 Aug.– 2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; bright area; MZSP 29112 View Materials 1 ♀; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 B11 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; aphotic; MZSP 29108 View Materials 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 B11 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; bright area; MZSP 29109 View Materials 2 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 C27 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; bright area; MZSP 29105 View Materials 1 ♂, 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 D39 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; MZSP 29106 View Materials 1 ♀, 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 D39 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; bright area; MZSP 29111 View Materials 2 juv. ♀♀, 2 juv. ♂♂; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 D64 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; MZSP 29104 View Materials 1 ♀, 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 D64 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; aphotic; MZSP 29107 View Materials 1 ♀; same locality as for holotype, Gruta S11 D78 ; 23 Aug.–2 Sep. 2007; Andrade et al. leg.; aphotic; MZSP 29102 View Materials .

Measurements

See Table 2 View Table 2 .

Distribution

Known only from the type localities.

Natural history

This species is only found inside iron ore caves. It exhibits troglomorphic characters, such as pale coloration and the almost complete absence of eyes, and may be troglobitic.

Remarks

See Giupponi & Miranda (2016) for more details about this species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Amblypygi

Family

Charinidae

Genus

Charinus

Loc

Charinus ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj 2021
2021
Loc

Charinus ferreus

Giupponi A. P. L. & Miranda G. S. 2016: 23
2016
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