Gerdesius hoeferi (Kury, 1995) Bragagnolo & Hara & Pinto-Da-Rocha, 2015

Bragagnolo, Cibele, Hara, Marcos R. & Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo, 2015, A new family of Gonyleptoidea from South America (Opiliones, Laniatores), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 (2), pp. 296-319 : 309

GERDESIUS HOEFERI ( KURY, 1995) COMB. NOV.

Huralvioides hoeferi Kury, 1995: 315 , figs 1–11 (♂ and ♀ dorsal habitus, ♂ ventral, lateral views; legs I–III; chelicerae, pedipalpal tibia and tarsus; dorsal, ventral view of penis); Kury 2003: 173 [ Brasil, Amazonas, Manaus, Igapó Tarumã-Mirim, 6.IV.1987, H. Höfer leg., ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ paratype (LSNK), examined].

Material examined

BRAZIL. Amazonas : Manaus, Igapó Tarumã-Mirim, 6.IV.1987, H. Höfer leg., ♂ holotype , 1 ♀ paratype ( LSNK) .

Diagnosis

Gerdesius hoeferi differs from other members of the genus by scutal area I divided in right and left halves and free tergites II and III with cluster of setiferous tubercles on the corners. Additionally, it presents pedipalpal tarsal claw length approximately threequarters of the tarsus length; retrolateral apical apophysis of male coxa IV with a stalked trilobular dorsoventrally flattened apophysis; male tibia IV slightly sinuous with a retrolateral row of enlarged, pointed tubercles; penis stylus swollen dorsoventrally and flattened laterally.

Description

See Kury (1995).