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EIGHT NEW SPECIES OF CHARINUS SIMON, 1892 (ARACHNIDA: AMBLYPYGI: CHARINIDAE) ENDEMIC FOR THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON, WITH NOTES ON THEIR CONSERVATIONAL STATUS
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Invertebrados. Laboratório de Aracnologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, LIRN/CAVAISC. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Invertebrados. Laboratório de Aracnologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / University of Copenhagen. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum). Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Invertebrados. Laboratório de Aracnologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / University of Copenhagen. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum). Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract
Eight new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 are described for the Brazilian Amazon, from
the states of Pará (C. bichuetteae sp. n., C. bonaldoi sp. n., C. carajas sp. n., C. ferreus sp.
n., C. guto sp. n. and C. orientalis sp. n.) and Amazonas (Charinus brescoviti sp. n. and C.
ricardoi sp. n.). All new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by
the number of pseudo-articles in basitibia IV, the presence/absence of median eyes, and
the shape of the female gonopod. Brazil now becomes the country with the largest diversity
of Amblypygi in the world, with 25 known species. Half of the new species described here
have a high degree of endangerment: C. bichuetteae sp. n. is threatened by the flood
caused by the hydroelectric dam of Belo Monte, and C. carajas sp. n., C. ferreus sp. n. and
C. orientalis sp. n. are endangered by the iron mining in Carajás municipality and surroundings.
The Charinus species here described are endemic to the Amazon Region, so in order
to assure their preservation, it is strongly recommended a special care with their habitats
(type localities) which are facing increasing rates of destruction and deforestation.
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