Gonyleptellus bimaculatus ( Sorensen , 1884) Sorensen, 1884

Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo, Benedetti, Alipio Rezende, de Vasconcelos, Eduardo Gomes & Hara, Marcos Ryotaro, 2012, New systematic assignments in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores), ZooKeys 198, pp. 25-68 : 32

Gonyleptellus bimaculatus ( Sorensen, 1884) comb. n.

Gonyleptes bimaculatus Sørensen, 1884: 605; (female holotype, Brazil, ZMUC, examined from digital photos).

Paragonyleptes bimaculatus : Roewer 1913: 243.

Gonyleptes cancellatus Roewer, 1917: 127, fig. 26 (♂); (male holotype, Brazil, São Paulo, Santos, SMF 1320, examined). Syn. n.

Gonyleptellus cancellatus : Kury 2003: 126.

"Paragonyleptes" bimaculatus : Kury 2003: 121.

Material examined.

BRAZIL. Locality not specified further, female holotype of Gonyleptes bimaculatus , examined by digital photos (ZMUC). São Paulo: Santos, ♂ holotype of Gonyleptes cancellatus (SMF 1320); Bananal ( Estação Ecológica do Bananal), A. Monteiro leg., IV.2004, 10 ♂ & 10 ♀ (MZSP 27804). Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia (Parque Nacional do Itatiaia), Equipe Biota leg., 8-15.VI.2001, 3 ♂ & 1 ♀ (MZSP 21746); Terezópolis (Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, sede), R. Pinto-da-Rocha, S. Outeda-Jorge, C. Mattoni leg., 10.II.2007, 3 ♂ & 5 ♀ (MZSP 28223); Nova Friburgo (Mury, Debossan, 950 m), R.S. Bérnils & P. Labiak leg., 29.VII.1996, 6 ♂ & 3 ♀ (MZSP 15120).

Taxonomical note.

Sørensen (1884) described Gonyleptes bimaculatus from Brazil without any illustration. Roewer (1913) transferred it to Paragonyleptes Roewer, 1913. Kury (2003) synonymized the type species ( Gonyleptes bicuspidatus Koch, 1839) of Paragonyleptes with Collonychium bicuspidatum Bertkau, 1880 and considered some species allocated in Paragonyleptes as Gonyleptinae incertae sedis, such as Gonyleptellus bimaculatus . The examination of Gonyleptellus bimaculatus from detailed photos of the holotype, which is reasonably well preserved, allowed us to recognize it as Gonyleptellus cancellatus , a well-known species from the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Serra da Bocaina mountain range). Therefore, Gonyleptellus cancellatus is a junior synonym of Gonyleptellus bimaculatus . The other species of Gonyleptellus is Gonyleptellus bufoninus ( Mello-Leitão, 1949), known only by its original description, which lacks illustration and its type depository is unknown ( Kury 2003).