The first species of Roquettea from Maranhão, Brazil (Opiliones: Cosmetidae: Discosomaticinae)

Roquettea decioi sp. nov. is described from Carolina, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It is the seventh species in Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 and the eighth species of Opiliones recorded from the state. Roquettea decioi sp. nov may be characterized by ocularium low, with median depression, ped...

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Main Author: Adriano B. Kury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2013-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500009&lng=en&tlng=en