New synonyms in the genera Discocyrtus and Pachyloides (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae).

ACOSTA, L.E.

JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

American Arachnological Society

Lugar: Lubbock, Texas; Año: 1999 vol. 27 p. 465 - 469

0161-8202

To contribute to a depuration of the species-level taxomomy in the Gonyleptidae Pachylinae, the following synonymies are proposed: Discocyrtus minutus Roewer 1913 = Discocyrtus testudineus (Holmberg 1876); Discocyrtus spinosus Roewer 1916 and Discocyrtus exceptionalis Mello-Leitao 1933 = Discocyrtus prospicuus (Holmberg 1876); Pachylus spinosus Canestrini 1888 (currently in Pachyloides) = Discocyrtus dilatatus Sørensen 1884; Canalsia delicata Mello-Leitao 1930 (removed from the synonymy of Pachyloides iheringi Roewer 1913) and Pachyloides aelleni Silhavy 1979 = Pachyloides thorellii Holmberg 1878. All citations of Discocyrtus affinis Roewer 1913 from Argentina are referred to D. prospicuus (the full synonymy is suspected but not formally proposed). References of P. iheringi from Argentina are determined to be P. thorellii. Comments on the type material, the type localities and on misidentifications of previous authors are included.