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Issue: Vol. 3158 No. 1: 12 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3158.1.4
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Charinus bromeliaea sp. n. (Amblypygi: Charinidae); a new species of bromeliad inhabiting whip spider from French Guyana

BINCO vzw Rijmenamsesteenweg, 189 Haacht, Belgium Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. 20940-040
Amblypygi Guiana inselberg Charinus identification key check list whip spider bromeliad

Abstract

A new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 is described from French Guyana, raising the number of species in the genus to48 (27 for the Neotropical region and 19 for South America). Charinus bromeliaea sp. n. is distinguished from the otherspecies in the genus by morphological characteristics and unique ecology. Adapted to live in Achmea bromeliads on gran-ite inselbergs, this species is an interesting addition to the wide range of habitats Charinus species are found in. This is also the first record of the genus from French Guyana and this record extends the geographic distribution of the genus.

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