An emendation of the generic concept of Pachyloides, with the description of a new species (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae).

ACOSTA, L.E.

REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE

Societé Suisse de Zoologie / Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève

Lugar: Genève, Suiza; Año: 1996 vol. HS1 p. 5 - 14

0035-418X

An emendation of the generic concept of Pachyloides, with the description of a new species (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae).- The diagnosis and scope of the genus Pachyloides are emended, to comprise not only species with 7 tarsal segments in legs III and IV, but also those with 6 tarsomeres in those legs. As a result, three new combinations arise, all removed from Parabalta: Pachyloides sicarius, Pachyloides borellii and Pachyloides alticola. The genus Daguerreia is determined to be a junior synonym of Pachyloides; one of its species is transferred to the latter (Pachyloides maculatus), the remaining one (Daguerreia inermis) is considered incertae sedis. A new species, occurring in montane forests of the Argentinian provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca, is here described as Pachyloides cochuna (tarsal segments 6:n:6:6); it can be separated from other members of the genus by the presence of a tuberous apophysis on coxa IV of the male.