A new species, Santinezia noctiscansor, most similar to members of the S. festae group, is described from central Panama; this species is the only member of the genus that occurs in Central America. Our examinations of adults and nymphs collected from Coclé and Panamá Provinces revealed that males are sexually mature as penultimate nymphs. The subadult strongly resembles the adult with respect to coloration, scutal outline, armature of femora III–IV, and penis morphology, but differs in having fewer tarsomeres on each leg, a smaller body size (scutal length and width), and a much smaller tubercle on the ventral surface of coxa IV. Natural history observations are provided for specimens collected from the field site in Coclé Province.
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1 December 2010
A new species of Santinezia (Opiliones: Cranaidae) from Panama
Victor R. Townsend Jr.,
Marc A. Milne
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
harvestman
Laniatores
natural history
Neotropics