[Arachnida • 2023] Paravima lokura, P. magistri & P. totoro • Looks are Deceiving: A Cladistic Analysis, Three New Species, and A New Diagnosis of Paravima Caporiacco, 1951 (Opiliones: Agoristenidae)

I habitat of Paravima totoro sp. nov. Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela;

E, F P. goodnightorum, from La Guaira, Venezuela;

G, J, K P. magistri sp. nov., from Cundinamarca, Colombia

 García & Villarreal, 2023

DOI: 10.3897/asp.81.e85571

 

Abstract

A morphological cladistic analysis, consisting of 45 terminals and 58 characters was performed to evaluate the monophyly of the genus Paravima Caporiacco, 1951, and its relationship to other Leiosteninae. The analysis resulted in two most parsimonious trees, all recovering Paravima as monophyletic with the inclusion of two species formerly described in Avima Roewer, 1949, therefore, the following nomenclatural acts are herein proposed: Paravima plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) comb. nov., and Paravima quirozi (González-Sponga, 1981) comb. nov., Avima vigirima (Villarreal-M & Rodríguez-Manzanilla, 2003) is here considered as a junior subjective synonym of P. quirozi (González-Sponga, 1981) comb. nov., Paravima acanthoconus Villarreal-Manzanilla & DoNascimiento, 2005 is here considered as a junior subjective synonym of Paravima propespelunca González-Sponga, 1987, and Paravima flumencaurimarensis González-Sponga, 1987 is here considered as a junior subjective synonym of Paravima goodnightorum Caporiacco, 1951. Additionally, three new species are described: P. lokura sp. nov. (Tamá National Natural Park, Norte de Santander department) and P. magistri sp. nov. (Los Tunos Natural Reserve, Cundinamarca department), both from Colombia; and P. totoro sp. nov. (Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua state) from Venezuela. Finally, an emended generic diagnosis, a key for all the species, and a distributional map are presented.

Keywords: Colombia, Cordillera de la Costa, harvestmen, monophyly, phylogeny, Venezuela

Living specimens and habitats of some Paravima spp.
A, B P. quirozi from Yaracuy, Venezuela; C, D P. goodnightorum, from Cerro El Volcán, Miranda, Venezuela (MIZA 0105871); E, F P. goodnightorum, from La Guaira, Venezuela; G P. magistri sp. nov., from San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia; H La Guáquira, Yaracuy, habitat of P. quirozi; I Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela, habitat of P. totoro sp. nov.; J, K Los Tunos Natural Reserve, Cundinamarca, Colombia, habitat of P. magistri sp. nov.

C, D P. goodnightorum, from Cerro El Volcán, Miranda, Venezuela (MIZA 0105871);
E, F P. goodnightorum, from La Guaira, Venezuela; G P. magistri sp. nov., from San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia; H La Guáquira, Yaracuy, habitat of P. quirozi;
I Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela, habitat of P. totoro sp. nov.;
J, K Los Tunos Natural Reserve, Cundinamarca, Colombia, habitat of P. magistri sp. nov.

Andrés F. García and Osvaldo Villarreal. 2023. Looks are Deceiving: A Cladistic Analysis, Three New Species, and A New Diagnosis of Paravima Caporiacco, 1951 (Opiliones: Agoristenidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 81: 409-437.  DOI: 10.3897/asp.81.e85571