A relictual troglomorphic harvestman discovered in a volcanic cave of western Argentina: Otilioleptes marcelae, new genus, new species, and Otilioleptidae, new …

LE Acosta - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The troglomorphic harvestman Otilioleptes marcelae gen. nov., sp. nov. from the basaltic
cave Doña Otilia, Payunia region, Mendoza Province, Argentina, is described. Its systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Addenda and corrigenda to the" Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)"

AB Kury, MA Alonso-Zarazaga - Zootaxa, 2011 - mapress.com
Amendments are made to inconsistencies, mistakes and omissions in the catalogue of
American Laniatores by Kury (2003). Discrepancies between dates given in Kury (2003) and …

[HTML][HTML] Light from dark: A relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in South America

A Perez-Gonzalez, FS Ceccarelli, BGO Monte… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A new troglobitic harvestman, Relictopiolus galadriel gen. nov et sp. nov., is described from
Olhos d'Água cave, Itacarambi, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Morphological characters …

A new family of Gonyleptoidea from South America (Opiliones, Laniatores)

C Bragagnolo, MR Hara… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A new family of Laniatores, Gerdesiidae fam. nov., is proposed based on molecular and
morphological evidence. Data also indicate that this new family is the sister family of …

[HTML][HTML] Annotated checklist of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) associated with Brazilian caves

LN De Azara, RL Ferreira - Zootaxa, 2018 - mapress.com
Abstract In Brazil, the order Opiliones has been well studied, making this country the leader
in research with the group, but few extensive works have been made on the distribution of …

Cladistic analysis of the Brazilian troglobitic harvestmen genus Iandumoema Pinto-da-Rocha (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) with the description of three new species: a …

LN de Ázara, MR Hara, RL Ferreira - Invertebrate Systematics, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
From an ecological and evolutionary standpoint, troglobitic organisms are of special interest
because they have evolved in, and are restricted to, the subterranean environment …

[HTML][HTML] New records of two endemic troglobitic and threatened arachnids (Amblypygi and Opiliones) from limestone caves of Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil

BGO do Monte, JE Gallão… - Biodiversity Data …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The endemic and threatened troglobites (organisms restricted to caves)
Charinus eleonorae (Amblypygi) and Iandumoema uai (Opiliones), both from Olhos d'Água …

Hidden in the caves: a new troglobitic species of Spaeleoleptes and the type species redescription (Opiliones, Laniatores)

MP Pereira, JE Gallão… - European …, 2024 - europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
The genus Spaeleoleptes was proposed by H. Soares in 1966 to accommodate the first
Brazilian troglobitic species of harvestmen, Spaeleoleptes spaeleus H. Soares, 1966. In this …

Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Atlantic Forest-Cerrado transition zone of Luminárias, southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil

MLS Silva, MJ da Costa Alvarenga, LGT Rubim… - …, 2024 - entomobrasilis.org
Abstract The Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes are global biodiversity hotspots. However,
these environments still face large knowledge gaps concerning fauna inventory studies …

[PDF][PDF] Opiliões laniatores do semiárido

AM De Souza, MB DaSilva, LS Carvalho… - Artrópodes do semi …, 2014 - academia.edu
Os opiliões são um grupo de aracnídeos inofensivos e pouco conhecidos pela população
leiga devido aos seus hábitos crípticos e noturnos. As espécies são caracterizadas …