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, pedipalpal tibia without pseudo-finger forming chela and massive divergent protuberances on scutal area III.
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500009 |
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