New records of Acritas bilineatus Sørensen, 1932 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae) in Venezuela

By

García, Andrés
Sánchez, Nestor
De Ascencao Da Silva, Antonio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-11-24

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

837--843

Subjects

Andean forest , Laniatores , lowlands , new records , SEM

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.837

 

Abstract

Acritas bilineatus is reported for the first time from Barinas, Táchira and Yaracuy states in Venezuela, increasing its range extension 350 km at Southwest from its known distribution. Photographs of habitus, variations of dorsal scutum blots, leg IV armature and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of the penis are provided.