A new species of Ricinulei of the genus Cryptocellus Westwood 1874 is described from the Madeira-Purus Interfluve, Amazonas, Brazil. It shares a set of apomorphies with Cryptocellus peckorum Platnick & Shadab 1977 and Cryptocellus tarsilae Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo 2007, with which it forms an assemblage of related species herein named the peckorum group. A second group of species, the Cryptocellus adisi group, is formed by the following species: Cryptocellus adisi Platnick 1988, Cryptocellus florezi Platnick & García 2008, and Cryptocellus lisbethae González-Sponga 1998.
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1 December 2010
On the Cryptocellus peckorum and Cryptocellus adisi groups, and description of a new species of Cryptocellus from Brazil (Arachnida: Ricinulei)
Ana Lúcia Tourinho,
Regiane Saturnino
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
Amazon Rainforest
BR-319 highway
Madeira-Purus interfluve
New World
systematics
taxonomy