Four new species of the genus Ochyrocera (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from iron caves of the state of Minas Gerais, with the description of the third anophtalmic species from Brazil

By

Brescovit, Antonio D.
Zampaulo, Robson de Almeida
Pedroso, Leandro
Cizauskas, Igor

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

41

Pages

43--68

Subjects

Brazilian Southeast Region , endemic , subterranean spiders , Synspermiata , taxonomy , troglobite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.41.72895

 

Abstract

Four new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera Fage, 1912 are described from iron caves in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Here we present the third anophtalmic and depigmented species of the genus, O. dorinhasp. nov., and three other depigmented species: O. monicasp. nov., O. magalisp. nov. and O. rosinhasp. nov. Only O. dorinhasp. nov. and O. rosinhasp. nov. are considered as troglobites due the ocular reduction or anophthalmia and elongated appendages, two troglomorphic features absent in the other species described.