Harvestmen show a high degree of endemism in the Atlantic Rain Forest (eastern coast of
Brazil). This biome shows the highest diversity of harvestmen inhabiting Brazil; 2/3 of the …

The harvestmen subfamily Hernandariinae is reviewed and a new classification is proposed
based on cladistic analysis using 67 morphological characters. The subfamily is composed …

Goniosomatine harvestmen have strongly armed pedipalps, generally large bodies and,
commonly, very long legs (sometimes more than 20 cm), and are distributed in the Brazilian …

Phylogenetic relationships within the Sclerosomatidae, the largest family of harvestmen, are
explored using molecular data from four nuclear genes (28S and 18S rRNA, Histone 3 and …

Praelibitia Roewer, 1956 and its type species, Praelibitia titicaca Roewer, 1956, are
respectively synonymized with Platygyndes Roewer, 1943 and its type species Platygyndes …

Many animals form aggregations with individuals of the same species (single-species
aggregations, SSA). Less frequently, individuals may also aggregate with individuals of …

Two new species of Brazilian Fissiphalliidae are described. Fissiphallius chicoi n. sp. from
Pará State, Gurupá municipality, whitewater floodplains (várzea), and Fissiphallius tucupi n …

Most species descriptions of harvestmen from Central America that belong to the suborder
Eupnoi are based on characters such as total body length, relative size of leg segments …

Two new species of Caelopyginae are described: Pristocnemis caipira sp. nov. from Parque
Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Thereza murutinga sp. nov., from …

A esfingofauna brasileira ainda hoje é pouco conhecida. Orecta lycidas (Sphingidae,
Smerinthinae, Ambulycini) tem sido considerada uma espécie rara por conta das reduzidas …