Pseudopucrolia Roewer 1912
Creators: name: Mendes, Amanda Cruz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Opiliones
Gonyleptidae
Pseudopucrolia

description: PSEUDOPUCROLIA ROEWER, 1912   
 Eusarcus [part]: Perty, 1833: 203.   
 Gonyleptes [part]: Koch, 1839b: 41; Butler, 1873: 114: 606.   
 Pseudopucrolia Roewer, 1912: 167, 1923: 125, 1928: 537; Mello-Leitão, 1926: 330, 1932: 45, 1935: 93, 1936: 20; 1938: 143; Rambla, 1978: 304; Kury, 2003a: 143. Heterogonyleptes Roewer, 1913a: 179, 1923: 467, 1930: 349; Mello-Leitão, 1923: 134, 1926: 349, 1928: 11, 1932: 312, 1935: 104; Soares & Soares, 1949: 184; Soares & Bauab-Vianna, 1972: 206; Kury, 1994: 350 (type species Eusarcus muticus Perty, 1833, by monotypy). Synonym established by Kury (2003a).   
 Triaenosoma Roewer, 1913a: 181, 1923: 468, 1930: 349, 407; Mello-Leitão, 1923: 134, 1926: 376, 1932: 248, 1935: 103; Soares & Soares, 1949: 216 (type species Triaenosoma singularis Roewer, 1913, by monotypy) [= Heterogonyleptes Roewer, 1913: Soares & Bauab-Vianna, 1972]. Synonym established by Kury (2003a).   
 Pseudotriaenosoma Mello-Leitão, 1927: 17; Roewer, 1930: 349 (type species Pseudotriaenosoma pickeli Mello-Leitão, 1927, by original designation). [= Triaenosoma Roewer, 1913: Roewer, 1930]. Synonym established by Kury (2003a).   
 Thaumatoleptes Roewer, 1930: 405; Mello-Leitão, 1932: 247, 1935: 103; Soares & Soares, 1949: 214; Kury, 1994: 350, 2003a: 143; Mendes & Kury, 2003: 151 (type species Thaumatoleptes rugosus Roewer, 1930, by monotypy). syn. nov.   
 Melloa Roewer, 1930: 407; Mello-Leitão, 1932: 246, 1935: 103; Soares & Soares, 1949: 190; Kury, 1994: 350, 2003a: 143. Mendes & Kury, 2003: 152 (type species Heterogonyleptes incertus Mello-Leitão, 1928, by monotypy). syn. nov.   
 Tribunosoma Roewer, 1943: 25; Soares & Soares, 1954: 298; Soares, 1968: 140; Kury, 1994: 350, 2003a: 143; Mendes & Kury, 2003: 152. (type species Tribunosoma discrepans Roewer, 1943, by monotypy). syn. nov.   
 Distribution: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Ceará. WWF Ecoregions: NT0103, NT0104, NT0106, NT0151, NT0152, respectively, Bahia coastal forests, Bahia interior forests, Caatinga Enclaves moist forests, Pernambuco coastal forests and Pernambuco interior forests. There is a record of distribution of the genus in Colombia (!) in an identification key (Mello-Leitão, 1926: 330). This is doubtless a mistake.   
 Type species: Pseudopucrolia spinosa Roewer, 1912, by monotypy.   
 Diagnosis: Three mesotergal areas; mesotergal area III with paired armature (Figs 5A, 7A, 9A, 11). Free tergite II with variable median and lateral armature. Dorsal anal operculum bearing an apophysis or at least an elevation in the middle (Figs 5F, 7F, 9F). Calcaneus I mostly with same colour as astragalus (except for P. mutica) and about half the size of metatarsus I. Femur IV (Figs 6, 8, 10) only slightly curved in dorsal view and straight in lateral view without dorsobasal apophysis and with row of rounded tubercles on the prolateral margin, increasing in size progressively towards the apex of the femur. Male genitalia (Fig. 12C–H). Four setae of the distal group equal sized. Dorsal digitiform process in glans present.
description: Published as part of Mendes, Amanda Cruz, 2011, Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Heteropachylinae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae), pp. 437-483 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (2) on pages 451-453, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00706.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5441392