A new Brazilian species of the genus Eukoenenia is described from a single male specimen collected within the Archimedes Passini cave, a marble cave located in the municipal district of Vargem Alta, Espírito Santo. Eukoenenia spelunca, sp. nov., has six blades on the prosomal lateral organs and a unique shape of the genital lobes. Some morphometric parameters demonstrate the specialization of this new species to the cave environment.
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1 April 2011
A new troglobitic Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from Brazil
Maysa Fernanda V. R. Souza,
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 39 • No. 1
April 2011
Vol. 39 • No. 1
April 2011
caves
Neotropics
taxonomy
troglomorphic