Charinus wanlessi ( Quintero, 1983 )

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 : 38-41

Charinus wanlessi ( Quintero, 1983)

Fig. 12 ; Table 1

Charinides wanlessi Quintero, 1983: 35–37 , figs 10a–e, 12c.

Charinides wanlessi – Armas & Alayón García 1984: 6. — Weygoldt 1994: 244.

Charinus wanlessi – Delle Cave 1986: 162, fig. II. — Armas 2000a: 138; 2004: 39; 2006b: 228, 229, figs 6, 11a–b; 2010: 58, 60; 2013a: 16, 18. — Harvey 2003: 7. — Teruel et al. 2009: 202, 203, fig. 4. — Teruel & Questel 2015: 47. — Miranda et al. 2016b: 555, 557.

Diagnosis

Based on the description of Quintero (1983), this species may be separated from other Caribbean and Central American Charinus by means of the following combination of characters: carapace, pedipalps and leg I femur, yellowish-brown; abdominal tergites and femora of legs lighter, more yellowish than carapace, without pattern; median eyes and ocular tubercle absent; lateral eyes reduced, whitish; male gonopod, apex of fistula and lateral lobe strongly sclerotized; cheliceral basal segment without tooth on retrolateral surface; bifid tooth with dorsal cusp distinctly longer than ventral cusp; transverse row of six setae near base of cheliceral basal segment; pedipalp femur with three or four dorsal spines; two prominent setiferous tubercles proximal to femur spine 1; pedipalp femur with three ventral spines and small setiferous tubercle proximal to first spine; pedipalp patella with three dorsal spines, two ventral spines and two distinct setiferous tubercles proximal to spine II; three prominent setiferous tubercles between spine I and distal margin; pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines, distal spine more than twice length of proximal spine; tibia of leg I with 21 articles, tarsus I with 33 articles; first tarsal article almost three times length of subsequent article; leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles; trichobothrium bc situated closer to sbf than to bf; sc and sf series each with five trichobothria.

Etymology

Patronym honoring Dr Fred R. Wanless ( Quintero 1983).

Type material

Holotype CUBA • 1 ♂; Santiago de Cuba Province, Siboney, El Caney , Los Majaes Cave ; [20°00′49.77″ N, 75°46′41.85″ W]; Dec. 1966; C. Fundora leg.; ACC [now IES; L.F. de Armas, pers. com.; not deposited in collection according to Armas (2004, 2014)].

Paratypes CUBA • 1 juv.; same collection data as for holotype; ACC • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 1 juv.; same locality as for holotype; 23 Mar. 1969; MCZ [not examined] • 2 juv.; Granma Province, Cueva de Banega ; [19°58′38.42″ N, 75°52′31.21″ W]; 20 Mar.1973; ACC ISR 56 [not examined] .

Measurements

See Table 1 .

Distribution

Known from the Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Siboney.

Natural history

Troglophile species that lives under stones inside and outside caves. Found in dry coastal forests (Playa de Juraguá) and semi-deciduous forests, up to 300 m above sea level (Matías, Tercer Frente) ( Armas 2006b).

Remarks

See Miranda et al. (2016b) for comparison of C. wanlessi with other Cuban and Caribbean Charinus .

Key to the identification of the species of Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America

1. Tibia of leg I with 21 articles............................................................................................................. 2

– Tibia of leg I with 23 articles........................................................................................................... 12

2. Median eyes present .......................................................................................................................... 3

– Median eyes absent............................................................................................................................ 4

3. Leg I tarsus with 37 articles; lateral eyes reduced............................................................................... ............................................................................................ C. orientalis Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Leg I tarsus with 25–28 articles; lateral eyes well developed ( Fig. 31A ) ........................................... .................................................................................................... C. palikur sp. nov. ( Figs 7C–D , 31 )

4. Leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles......................................................................................... 5

– Leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles ....................................................................................... 8

5. Leg I tarsus with 26 articles; length of first article equal to length of subsequent five articles........... ............................................................................................................. C. carvalhoi sp. nov. ( Fig. 28 )

– Leg I tarsus with 37 articles; length of first article subequal to length of subsequent articles ............ ........................................................................................................................................................... 6

6. Leg IV distitibia, trichobothrium bc equidistant between bf and sbf.................................................. ............................................................................................. C. ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Leg IV distitibia, trichobothrium bc situated closer to sbf than to bf ................................................ 7

7. Pedipalp femur with three dorsal and three ventral spines; cheliceral claw with four teeth ............... ............................................................................................. C. bonaldoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Pedipalp femur with two dorsal and two ventral spines; cheliceral claw with six teeth ..................... ......................................................................................... C. bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

8. Cheliceral claw with four teeth........................................................ C. magalhaesi sp. nov. ( Fig. 30 )

– Cheliceral claw with five to seven teeth ............................................................................................ 9

9. Lateral eyes reduced; cheliceral claw with seven teeth; tritosternum reduced.................................... ................................................................................................ C. ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Lateral eyes unmodified; cheliceral claw with four or five teeth; tritosternum well developed...... 10

10. Pedipalp femur with four dorsal and four ventral spines ( Fig. 32E–F ) ............................................... .......................................................................................................... C. perquerens sp. nov. ( Fig. 32 )

– Pedipalp femur with three dorsal and three ventral spines ...............................................................11

11. Pair of setae in place of median eyes present; base of female gonopod unsclerotized........................ ..................................................................................................... C. guto Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Pair of setae in place of median eyes absent; base of female gonopod sclerotized............................. ............................................................................................... C. vulgaris Miranda & Giupponi, 2011

12. Median eyes present ........................................................................................................................ 13

– Median eyes absent.......................................................................................................................... 18

13. Leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles....................................................................................... 14

– Leg IV basitibia with three or four pseudo-articles ......................................................................... 16

14. Median eyes reduced; pedipalp patella with three ventral spines......... C. platnicki ( Quintero, 1986)

– Median eyes unmodified; pedipalp patella with two ventral spines ................................................ 15

15. Pedipalp femur with four ventral spines............................. C. brescoviti Giupponi & Miranda, 2016

– Pedipalp femur with three ventral spines............................ C. bromeliaea Jocqué & Giupponi, 2012

16. Leg IV basitibia with four pseudo-articles; carapace with dark, mottled pattern ( Fig. 29A ).............. .............................................................. C. gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1946 ( Figs 5C–D ; 29 )

– Leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles; carapace without distinctive markings ...................... 17

17. Tritosternum short, slightly surpassing base of pedipalp coxae (2.75 times as long as wide); pedipalp patella with three ventral spines ........................ C. carajas Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 ( Fig. 8E–H )

– Tritosternum long, markedly surpassing base of pedipalp coxae (3 times as long as wide); pedipalp patella with two ventral spines ............................... C. sillami Réveillion & Maquart, 2015 ( Fig. 33 )

18. Leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles ..................................................................................... 19

– Leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles....................................................................................... 20

19. Lateral eyes absent..................................................................................... C. bordoni ( Ravelo, 1977)

– Lateral eyes present, but reduced.......................................................... C. tronchonii ( Ravelo, 1975)

20. Tegument covered with claviform setae................................................ C. quinteroi Weygoldt, 2002

– Tegument covered with acuminate setae ......................................................................................... 21

21. Pedipalp femur with three ventral spines; meso- and metasternum granular in shape........................ .............................................................................................. C. camachoi ( González-Sponga, 1998)

– Pedipalp femur with two ventral spines; tetra- and pentasternum shaped like flattened platelets....... ........................................................................................ C. pardillalensis ( González-Sponga, 1998)

Figures

Fig. 12. Map plotting known distributions of species of Charinus Simon, 1892 in the Caribbean and Central America.

Fig. 31. Charinus palikur sp. nov. (AMCC [LP 3832]), general morphology, ♂. A. Carapace, dorsal view. B. Sternum, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B, D–F = 0.5 mm; C = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 7. Charinus Simon, 1892, female gonopods, dorsal view (left column) and detail (right column). A–B. Charinus acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 (MNRJ 9297). C–D. Charinus palikur sp. nov. (AMCC [LP 3831]) E–F. Charinus sooretama sp. nov. (MNRJ 9245).

Fig. 28. Charinus carvalhoi sp. nov. (CHNUFPI 1324), general morphology, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B = 1 mm; C–D = 0.1 mm; E–F = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 30. Charinus magalhaesi sp. nov. (MNRJ 9285), general morphology, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Sternum, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A, E–F = 1 mm; B, D = 0.5 mm; C = 0.25 mm.

Fig. 32. Charinus perquerens sp. nov. (MNRJ 9283), general morphology, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Sternum, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B, E–F = 1 mm; C–D = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 29. Charinus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1946 (AMCC [LP 10076]), general morphology, ♂. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Sternum, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A, D–F = 1 mm; B–C = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 5. Charinus Simon, 1892, female gonopods, dorsal (left column) and posterior (right column) views. A–B. Charinus apiaca sp. nov. (MNRJ 9286). C–D. Charinus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1946 (AMCC [LP 10076]). E–F. Charinus miskito sp. nov. (SMNS). G–H. Charinus mocoa sp. nov. (SMF 68). Scale bars: A–B, F–H = 0.1 mm; C–E, I–L = 0.25 mm.

Fig. 8. Charinus Simon, 1892, male gonopods. A–B. Charinus acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 (MNRJ 9297), ventral view (A) and detail of dorsal lobe (LoD) and lateral lobe 1 (LoL1). C–D. Charinus brasilianus Weygoldt, 1972 (MNRJ 9226), posterior view (C) and detail of lateral lobes 1 and 2 (LoL1, 2), dorsal lobe (LoD) and lamina medialis (LaM) (D). E–H. Charinus carajas Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 (MZSP 29126), ventral view of gonopod (E), detail of sinistral side of gonopod (F), detail of LoL1 and LoD (G), and detail of LoL2 (H).

Fig. 33. Charinus sillami Réveillion & Maquart, 2015 (AMCC [LP 13448]), general morphology, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Sternum, ventral view. C. Frontal process. D. Pedipalp tarsus, frontal view. E. Pedipalp, dorsal view. F. Pedipalp, ventral view. Scale bars: A, E–F = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm; C–D = 0.1 mm.