A new troglomorphic species of Harmonicon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) from Pará, Brazil, with notes on the genus

Author

Denis Rafael Pedroso
Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista

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Publication Date

March 2014

Volume Number

389

Abstract

A new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Araneae, Dipluridae) is described, from a medium-sized lateritic cave in Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil. The male holotype and only specimen known of H. cerberussp. n. was found near the entrance of Pequiá cave. This taxon is the fourth species described and the southernmost record for the genus. The new species displays some troglomorphic characteristics, such as reduction and merging of the posterior median and both pairs of lateral eyes and pale yellow to light brown coloration. Both characters are diagnostic when compared to the normal separated eyes and reddish to dark brown of other Harmonicon species. Other diagnostic characteristics are isolated, long, rigid setae distal to the lyra and the shape of the copulatory bulb. This is the second troglomorphic mygalomorph species from Brazil and the first from the Amazonian region.

Keywords

Pequiá cave (Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil), Amazonia, Biodiversity, Cave, Diplurinae, Neotropics, Taxonomy

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.389.6693

Language

English

Identifier

K26-00128

Recommended Citation

Pedroso, Denis Rafael and Baptista, Renner Luiz Cerqueira, "A new troglomorphic species of Harmonicon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) from Pará, Brazil, with notes on the genus" (2014). KIP Articles. 3634.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/3634