For the first time a hypothesis of homology is proposed for the macrosetae which compose
the armature of the distal truncus penis of the Gonyleptoidea. Previous attempts to name …

Eusarcus Perty 1833 is one of the oldest described genera of Pachylinae, comprising 36
species distributed from northeastern to southern Brazil (including the central west region) …

The internal phylogeny of the arachnid order Opiliones is investigated by including
molecular data from five molecular markers for ca. 140 species totalling 43 families of …

Gonyleptidae is the second most diverse harvestmen family and the most studied in terms of
morphology, behaviour, and ecology. Despite this, few phylogenetic studies have focused …

The genus Heterophrynus is for the first time recorded from Transandean areas.
Heterophrynus boterorum sp. nov. and Heterophrynus silviae sp. nov. are described …

As part of an ongoing revision of the family Gonyleptidae, we have identified many species
that are synonyms of previously described species or misplaced in this family. This article …

Amendments are made to inconsistencies, mistakes and omissions in the catalogue of
American Laniatores by Kury (2003). Discrepancies between dates given in Kury (2003) and …

In this study, the understanding of the harvestman genus Carlotta Roewer, 1943, is
expanded. Carlotta currently comprises two species found in central Espírito Santo state …

Sodreaninae is reviewed and all ten species are combined under its type genus, Sodreana
Mello-Leitão, 1922, according to a cladistic analysis of morphological characters, which …

The new genus Zannicranaus is described from the Andes in central Ecuador based on two
new species. It is characterized by a guitar-shaped body, short sturdy pedipalpus, unique …