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Acantholibitia
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Acantholibitia from original description

Suborder

Laniatores

Superfamily

Gonyleptoidea

Family

Cosmetidae

Subfamily

Cosmetinae

Acantholibitia Mello-Leitão, 1928 is a genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with two species from Central-Western Brazil. 

Synonomy[]

Acantholibitia Mello-Leitão, 1928:10

Etymology[]

Placement[]

Type species[]

Acantholibitia pustulosa Mello-Leitão, 1928, by original designation.

Diagnosis[]

Species[]

  • Acantholibitia armata Mello-Leitão, 1939: 293 - Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)

Notes[]

The type locality of A. pustulosa is not Mato Grosso - Campo Grande as mistakenly stated in the original description, see B. Soares, 1945h: 341

References[]

Kury, A. B., 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Iberica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, vol. especial monográfico, nº 1: 1-337.

Mello-Leitão, C.F. de (1928) Opiliões de Matto Grosso e Pernambuco. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 4(2) 9–13.

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