Piaroa gen. n.

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Etymology. The name honors the native tribe Piaroa, living in the Northwest Amazonas state in Venezuela, where the new species and genus were collected. A noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Dorsal. Propeltidium with two anterior setae (one behind the other) and three pairs of setae; corneate eyes absent; metapeltidium entire; body without clavate setae. Abdominal segment IX – XII elongated in the male; male without posterodorsal abdominal process on segment XII. Male flagellum flattened dorsoventrally, very elongated ­ length about 6.5X width, with two small dorsomedian depressions. Pedipalps not sexually dimorphic. Dorsal anterior margin of femur IV curved at about a 90° angle. Female genitalia: spermathecae with lateral bulbs or lobes slender and curved, with the base swollen, ending in slightly trifid bulbs, there with some ducts or pores of secretory glands visible, medial spermathecae absent; gonopod absent. Chitinized arch heart­shaped, anterior border very constricted medially, posterior border convex, lateral borders sharp.

Type species. Piaroa virichaj sp. n.