Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão,1927

Carvalho, Rafael N. & Kury, Adriano B., 2023, Rediscovery of the forgotten Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) and a review of the relationships of the genus Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão, 1927, Journal of Natural History 57 (1), pp. 854-884 : 866-867

Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão,1927

Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão 1927 b: 15 . Type species by original designation: Neopucrolia [misspelled as ̍ Isopucrolia ̾] bituberculata, 1922 . Paraluederwaldtia – Roewer 1929: 227, 1931: 102; Mello-Leitão 1932: 163, 1935: 99; H. Soares 1966: 286 (revalid.); Soares and Soares 1979: 261; Kury 2003: 185.

Etymology

Paraluederwaldtia is assigned in honour of zoologist Herman Luederwaldt (1858–1938). Gender feminine.

Placement

Paraluederwaldtia initially in Gonyleptidae , Pachylinae.

Included species

Paraluederwaldtia ankeri sp. nov. and Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata ( Mello-Leitão, 1922) (type species).

Geographic distribution

BRAZIL: state of Rio de Janeiro ( Figure 4 ).

Diagnosis

Paraluederwaldtia matches the members of Discocyrtus sensu stricto and Lacronia due to: (1) glans stylus with a straight stem; (2) glans ventral process with the same diameter as the stylus; (3) glans ventral process with a scallop-shaped flabellum (lateral rows of spines in L. camboriu and L. ricardoi ); (4) ocularium height thrice or more the diameter of the eyes; (5) Fe II–III with a retrodorsal distal spur.

Paraluederwaldtia can be distinguished from Discocyrtus sensu stricto and Lacronia due to: (1) ocularium height five times or more the diameter of the eyes; (2) ocularium apical portion with curvature for the anterior portion; (3) mesotergum with an areolate pattern of spots on areas I–IV (only absent on the lateral margins of area I); (4) Cx IV prodorsal apophysis not covering the prolateral basal portion of the Cx IV (in dorsal view); (5) Fe IV retrolateral face with a retroventral row of seven or eight prominent spines.

Figures

Figure 4. South-eastern Brazil, showing the distribution of the Paraluederwaldtia spp. The question mark indicates the original type locality of Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1922), which is probably mislabelled. The areas shaded in light green and turquoise represent the Atlantic province and the Paraná Forest province, respectively, as proposed by Morrone et al. (2022).