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1 November 2012 A new species of Heterolacurbs (Opiliones: Biantidae: Stenostygninae) from Puerto Rico
Aylin Alegre Barroso, Luis F. de Armas
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Abstract

A new species of Biantidae belonging to the genus Heterolacurbs Roewer 1912 is herein described. Heterolacurbs perezassoi new species from Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, is the second species included in the genus, and it is clearly recognized by the pair of large spiniform apophyses on area IV that does not restrain area III of the dorsal scutum, the smooth legs, femora II–IV without dorsodistal spine, its tarsal formula, sternites with small tubercles and penis that exhibits a distinctive morphology.

Aylin Alegre Barroso and Luis F. de Armas "A new species of Heterolacurbs (Opiliones: Biantidae: Stenostygninae) from Puerto Rico," The Journal of Arachnology 40(3), 291-295, (1 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1636/Ha11-73.1
Received: 15 November 2011; Published: 1 November 2012
KEYWORDS
Laniatores
Samooidea
taxonomy
West Indies
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