Charinus Simon 1892
Creators: name: Miranda, Gustavo Silva de
name: Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.
name: Prendini, Lorenzo
name: Scharff, Nikolaj
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Amblypygi
Charinidae
Charinus

description: Key to the identification of the species of Charinus in eastern South America
1. Leg IV distitibia with four trichobothria in frontal and caudal series; leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles ............................................................................. C. alagoanus sp. nov. (Figs 44–46)
– Leg IV distitibia with five or six trichobothria frontal and caudal series; leg IV basitibia with two or four pseudo-articles ........................................................................................................................... 2
2. Leg IV distitibia with five trichobothria in frontal and caudal series ............................................... 3
– Leg IV distitibia with six trichobothria in frontal and caudal series .............................................. 12
3. Median eyes absent............................................................................................................................ 4
– Median eyes present .......................................................................................................................... 5
4. Tibia of leg I with 21 articles; leg I tarsus with 37 articles; leg IV basitibia with two pseudoarticles........................................................................................ C. monasticus sp. nov. (Figs 69–70)
– Tibia of leg I with 23 articles; leg I tarsus with 41 articles; leg IV basitibia with four pseudoarticles............................................................................... C. troglobious Baptista & Giupponi, 2002
5. Pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with two ventral spines ............................ ............................................................................................................... C. una sp. nov. (Figs 78–79)
– Pedipalp femur with more than three dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with more than two ventral spines ................................................................................................................................................. 6
6. Median and lateral eyes reduced........................................................................................................ 7
– Median and lateral eyes unmodified.................................................................................................. 8
7. Median ocular tubercle present but reduced; reduced median eyes with dark pigmentation; pedipalp patella dorsal spine IV two-thirds length of dorsal spine III ............................................................... .............................................................................. C. taboa Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2016
– Median ocular tubercle absent, reduced eyes situated directly on tegument; reduced median eyes unpigmented; pedipalp patella dorsal spine IV one-fifth length of dorsal spine III ............................ .......................................................................................... C. spelaeus Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2017
8. Cheliceral basal segment with long (distinct) tooth adjacent to bifid tooth ........................................ ..................................................................................... C. sooretama sp. nov. (Figs 7E–F, 9C–D, 75)
– Cheliceral basal segment with short (indistinct) tooth adjacent to bifid tooth .................................. 9
9. Base of female gonopod unsclerotized ................... C. euclidesi sp. nov. (Figs 6C–D, 9A–B, 61–63)
– Base of female gonopod sclerotized................................................................................................ 10
10. Pedipalp tibia with two ventral spines ..................................... C. diamantinus sp. nov. (Figs 57–60)
– Pedipalp tibia with one ventral spine................................................................................................11
11. Curved carina present between ocular triads and lateral margin of carapace; cheliceral claw with nine teeth............................................................................................ C. souzai sp. nov. (Figs 76–77)
– Curved carina absent between ocular triads and lateral margin of carapace (Fig. 48A–B); cheliceral claw with six or seven teeth..................................... C. brasilianus Weygoldt, 1972 (Figs 8C–D, 48)
12. Leg I tarsus with 28 articles.................................................................. C. montanus Weygoldt, 1972
– Leg I tarsus with 41 articles............................................................................................................. 13
13. Carapace anterior margin with eight or ten setae ............................................................................ 14
– Carapace anterior margin with six setae.......................................................................................... 16
14. Carapace anterior margin with ten setae; median ocular tubercle absent; pedipalp patella with spine between ventral spine I and distal margin .......................... C. eleonorae Baptista & Giupponi, 2003
– Carapace anterior margin with eight setae; median ocular tubercle present; pedipalp patella with setiferous tubercles between ventral spine I and distal margin ....................................................... 15
15. Pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines (Fig. 47D) ...................... C. apiaca sp. nov. (Figs 5A–B, 47)
– Pedipalp tarsus with three dorsal spines ......................... C. caatingae Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016
16. Carapace anterior margin projected anteriorly ............ C. santanensis Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2017
– Carapace anterior margin rounded................................................................................................... 17
17. Leg I tarsus, first article equal in length to subsequent three articles.................................................. ......................................................................... C. jibaossu Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2014
– Leg I tarsus, first article equal in length to all subsequent articles ................................................. 18
18. Pedipalp tarsus with three dorsal spines .......................................................................................... 19
– Pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines ............................................................................................ 23
19. Cheliceral claw with four teeth.................................................. C. mysticus Giupponi & Kury, 2002
– Cheliceral claw with 9–13 teeth ...................................................................................................... 20
20. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing seven setae ......................................................... 21
– Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing two or five setae................................................. 22
21. Pedipalp patella with six ventral spines (Fig. 49F); cheliceral claw with 13 teeth ............................. .................................................................................. C. carinae sp. nov. (Figs 3A–B, 4A–B, 49–51)
– Pedipalp patella with three or four ventral spines; cheliceral claw with ten teeth............................... .......................................................................................................... C. goitaca sp. nov. (Figs 64–65)
22. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing five setae; pedipalp patella with six dorsal spines .................... C. ruschii Miranda, Milleri-Pinto, Gonçalves-Souza, Giupponi & Scharff, 2016
– Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing two setae; pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines ..................................................................................... C. carioca sp. nov. (Figs 6E–F, 52–53)
23. Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing no setae .............................................................. 24
– Pedipalp coxa, rounded dorsal carina containing setae ................................................................... 26
24. Pedipalp patella with three dorsal spines............................................................................................. .................................. C. acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 (Figs 7A–B, 8A–B)
– Pedipalp patella with five dorsal spines........................................................................................... 25
25. Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines ..................... C. renneri sp. nov. (Figs 6A–B, 10I–J, 73–74)
– Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines..... C. asturius Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002
26. Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines......................................... C. cearensis sp. nov. (Figs 54–56)
– Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines ........................................................................................... 27
27. Pedipalp femur with five ventral spines........................................................................................... 28
– Pedipalp femur with four ventral spines.......................................................................................... 29
28. Pedipalp femur with secondary row of dorsal spines; pedipalp patella, distance from ventral spine I to distal margin half length of spine ...................................................... C. puri sp. nov. (Figs 71–72)
– Pedipalp femur without secondary row of dorsal spines; pedipalp patella, distance from ventral spine I to distal margin greater than length of spine ............... C. iuiu Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016
29. Cheliceral claw with up to 13 teeth; median and lateral eyes reduced................................................ ......................................................................... C. potiguar Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2013
– Cheliceral claw with 11 teeth; median and lateral eyes unmodified.................................................... ..................................................................................................... C. imperialis sp. nov. (Figs 66–68)
description: Published as part of Miranda, Gustavo Silva de, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., Prendini, Lorenzo & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2021, Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), pp. 1-409 in European Journal of Taxonomy 772 on pages 85-87, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505, http://zenodo.org/record/5536410