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Cryptocellus peckorum Botero-Trujillo & Flórez, 2017, sp. nov.

Description

The peckorum species-group

Defined by Tourinho & Saturnino (2010) for species with the tarsal process of the male copulatory apparatus thin; tarsal process and accessory piece curved, and with sinuous contour; and male leg III metatarsus moderately inflated (longer than wide). The following species are included in this group: Cryptocellus chiruisla sp. nov. (Ecuador); Cryptocellus conori Tourinho & Saturnino, 2010 (Brazil); Cryptocellus guaviarensis sp. nov. (Colombia); Cryptocellus lampeli Cooke, 1967 (Guyana); Cryptocellus peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1977 (Colombia); Cryptocellus tarsilae Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo, 2007 (Brazil).

Notes

Published as part of Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo & Flórez, Eduardo, 2017, Two new ricinuleid species from Ecuador and Colombia belonging to the peckorum species-group of Cryptocellus Westwood (Arachnida, Ricinulei), pp. 483-498 in Zootaxa 4286 (4) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/828729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ricinulei
Family
Ricinoididae
Genus
Cryptocellus
Species
peckorum
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Tourinho, A. L. & Saturnino, R. (2010) On the Cryptocellus peckorum and Cryptocellus adisi groups, and description of a new species of Cryptocellus from Brazil (Arachnida: Ricinulei). Journal of Arachnology, 38, 425 - 432. https: // doi. org / 10.1636 / Ha 09 - 108.1
  • Cooke, J. A. L. (1967) Observations on the biology of Ricinulei (Arachnida) with descriptions of two new species of Cryptocellus. Journal of Zoology, 151, 31 - 42.
  • Platnick, N. I. & Shadab, M. U. (1977) On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates, 2633, 1 - 17.