Charinus Simon 1892
Creators: name: Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Amblypygi
Charinidae
Charinus

description: Key to the Brazilian species of Charinus (adapted from Miranda & Giupponi (2011) and Giupponi & Miranda (2016))
List of the described Brazilian species of Charinus: C. brasilianus Weygoldt, 1972; C. montanus Weygoldt, 1972; C. asturius Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002; C. acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002; C. mysticus Giupponi & Kury, 2002; C. troglobius Baptista & Giupponi, 2002; C. eleonorae Baptista & Giupponi, 2003; C. vulgaris Miranda & Giupponi, 2011; C. potiguar Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2013; C. jibaossu Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2014; C. caatingae Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016; C. iuiu Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016; C. brescoviti Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. bonaldoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. guto Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. carajas Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. orientalis Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda, 2016; C. taboa Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2016; and C. ruschii Miranda et al. 2016. C. schirchii (Mello- Leitão, 1931) is presently a species inquirenda, so it is not considered in the identification key and distribution map (Fig. 31) (Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2002).
1 Basitibia of leg IV divided in 2 or 3 pseudoarticles; cushion-like female gonopods..................................2
- Basitibia of leg IV divided in 4 pseudoarticles; sucker-like female gonopods.....................................10
2 Median eyes present...................................................................................3
- Median eyes absent................................................................................... 5
3 Basitibia of leg IV divided in 2 pseudoarticles..................................................... C. brescoviti
- Basitibia of leg IV divided in 3 pseudoarticles...............................................................4
4 Femur of the pedipalp with 4 dorsal spines; leg IV with trichobothrium bc closer to sbf than to bf............... C. carajas
- Femur of the pedipalp with 3 dorsal spines; leg IV with trichobothrium bc equidistant to sbf and bf.......... C. orientalis
5 Basitibia of leg IV divided in 2 pseudoarticles...............................................................6
- Basitibia of leg IV divided in 3 pseudoarticles.............................................................. 8
6. Leg IV with trichobothrium bc equidistant to sbf and bf............................................... C. ricardoi
- Leg IV with trichobothrium bc closer to sbf than to bf........................................................7
7 Lateral eyes developed; femur of the pedipalp with 2 dorsal and 2 ventral spines........................ C. bichuetteae
- Lateral eyes slightly reduced; femur of the pedipalp with 3 dorsal and 3 ventral spines...................... C. bonaldoi
8 Lateral eyes developed; distitibia of leg IV with 11 distal trichobothria....................................... C. guto
- Lateral eyes reduced; distitibia of leg IV with 13 distal trichobothria..............................................9
9 Femur of pedipalp with 3 ventral spines; cuticle thin................................................... C. ferreus
- Femur of pedipalp with 2 ventral spines; cuticle well-sclerotized....................................... C. vulgaris
10 Median eyes absent.......................................................................... C. troglobius
- Median eyes present................................................................................. 11
11 Tetrasternum and pentasternum wider than long............................................................12
- Tetrasternum and pentasternum rounded..................................................................13
12 Median eyes developed; distitibia of leg IV with 15 distal trichobothria.................................. C. montanus
- Median eyes reduced; distitibia of leg IV with 13 distal trichobothria................................ C. spelaeus sp. n.
13 Distitibia of leg IV with 13 distal trichobothria............................................................. 14
- Distitibia of leg IV with 15 distal trichobothria............................................................. 15
14 Lateral and median eyes developed with high tubercle.............................................. C. brasilianus
- Lateral and median eyes reduced with low tubercle.................................................... C. taboa
15 Median eyes tubercle indistinct................................................................. C. eleonorae
- Median eyes tubercle distinct...........................................................................16
16 Patella of the pedipalp with 2 ventral spines............................................................... 17
- Patella of the pedipalp with 3 or more ventral spines....................................................... 18
17 Lateral eyes with pigmentation................................................................... C. acaraje
- Lateral eyes without pigmentation............................................................... C. potiguar
18 Distitarsus of the pedipalp with 3 spines (at least in males)................................................... 19
- Distitarsus of the pedipalp with 2 spines.................................................................. 22
19 Lateral eyes reduced.......................................................................... C. caatingae
- Lateral eyes developed................................................................................ 20
20 Patella of the pedipalp with 3 ventral spines......................................................... C. jibaossu
- Patella of the pedipalp with 4 or more ventral spines....................................................... 21
21 Frontal process with acute apex................................................................... C. ruschii
- Frontal process with thickened apex............................................................... C. mysticus
22 Chelicera claw with 8 denticles; pedipalps densely setose................................................. C. iuiu
- Chelicera claw with 10 denticles; pedipalps moderately setose.................................................23
23 Trichobothrium positioned medially on the last pseudoarticle of basitibia IV............................. .. C. asturius
- Trichobothrium positioned proximally on the last pseudoarticle of basitibia IV..................... C. santanensis sp. n.
description: Published as part of Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, 2017, Two new species of cave-dwelling Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazil (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae), pp. 277-292 in Zootaxa 4312 (2) on page 287, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/852846