Pseudocleobis bardensis Maury, 1976

Iuri, Hernán A. & Iglesias, Mónica S., 2022, The genus Pseudocleobis Pocock, 1900 (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae) in transitional Patagonia-Monte deserts, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5094 (3), pp. 435-460 : 446-448

Pseudocleobis bardensis Maury, 1976

( Figs. 4 ; 7E, F ; 9D ; 10B . Table 1 )

Pseudocleobis bardensis: Maury 1976: 94 , 99–101; Figs. 21–23.

Type material (examined). Holotype: ARGENTINA: Mendoza: ♂, Bardas Blancas [35º52’07,93’’S 69º48’16,02’’W], Malargüe, 6–7.I.1975, E. Maury, A. Toth, P. Domínguez and C. Césari coll., (MACN-Ar 6877) ; Paratypes: ARGENTINA: Mendoza: 1♀, same data as Holotype (MACN-Ar 6878, Allotype) .

Other examined material: ARGENTINA: Mendoza: 1 ♀, Near “Las Brujas” cavern [35º48’07,43’’S 69º49’08,72’’W], Bardas Blancas, Malargüe, 26.III.1975, E. Maury coll., (MACN-Ar 6879) ; 1 ♂, Malargüe [35º28’30,08’’S 69º34’58,47’’W], 23.I.1979, E. Maury coll., (MACN-Ar) ; 1 ♂, Estancia Yaucha [34º12’19,22’’S 69º11’46,43’’W], A. Roig leg., (MACN-Ar).

Diagnosis: Pseudocleobis bardensis can be distinguished from all other Pseudocleobis except P. huinca and P. profanus sp. nov. by the male movable finger mucron with a narrow dorsal crest and shovel-like apex, and the flagellum with a prolateral subcircular subapical row of filaments. It can be distinguished from P. huinca and P. profanus sp. nov. by the less prominent dorsal crest and shovel-like apex of the movable finger mucron ( Fig. 7E–F ), and by the fixed finger mucron more robust, with the apex turning almost straight downward, forming a dorsal angle ( Fig. 7E–F ).

Description: see Maury (1976), otherwise, male and female similar to P. huinca and P. profanus sp. nov. except for the diagnostic characters. On males the MM tooth is of the same size or smaller than FM tooth, and the tiny FSD tooth may appear fused at the FD tooth base. Measurements in Table 1 .

Distribution: Pseudocleobis bardensis was recorded from the Huarpe and Cuyan districts of the Cuyan High Andean biogeographic province ( Fig. 4 ), at an altitudinal range of 1400–1600 m.a.s.l.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Known records of Pseudocleobis huinca, P. bardensis, P. profanus sp. nov. and P. mauryi sp. nov..

FIGURE 7. Male chelicera of P. huinca (A–B), P. profanus sp. nov. (C–D) and P. bardensis (E–F) in retrolateral (A, C, E) and prolateral (B, D, F) views. (D’, F’) Movable finger mucron in retrodorsal view.

FIGURE 9. Male flagellum, prolateral view. A–B. P. huinca. C. P. profanus sp. nov. D. P. bardensis. E. P. mauryi sp. nov. F. P. solitarius. Scale bars: 200 μm (A, C, E), 250 μm (D, F), 500 μm (B).

FIGURE 10. Female genital sternite. A. P. huinca, female allotype. B. P. bardensis, female allotype. C. P. profanus sp. nov., female from Cinco Saltos, diagonal arrows indicate the small plaques, straight arrows indicate the posterior sclerite. D–E. P. huinca, females from Paso Córdoba with abrasion signs. F. P. solitarius, female from Paso Córdoba. Scale bars: 200 μm (B), 500 μm (A, C–F).