Jussara lineata

Jussara lineata
	; Jussara lineata (Roewer, 1953) (from original description)
Suborder	Eupnoi
Superfamily	Phalangioidea
Family	Sclerosomatidae
Subfamily	Gagrellinae
Genus	Jussara

Jussara lineata (Roewer, 1953) is a member of the genus Jussara (Eupnoi:Sclerosomatidae).

Taxonomy[]

Holcobunus lineatus Roewer, 1953:247
J.l. Tourinho & Kury, 2003:240

Specimens[]

H.l. female(1) (holotype) Roewer collection, now housed in the Naturmuseum Senckenberg; #RII/6447/427

Diagnosis[]

(from Tourinho & Kury, 2003)

Body blackish-brown, anterior margin and lateral borders of carapace with a yellowish-white arched mark anterior to the eye mound. Eye mound and second prosomatic tergite black. Dorsal scute with a wide longitudinal yellowish-brown stripe. Legs, chelicerae and pedipalps pale yellow (Figs 118, 120). Ventrobasal spine of chelicera 30% of the length of the movable finger (Fig. 124).

Description[]

(from Tourinho & Kury, 2003)

Male[]

Unknown

Female[]

Measurements. Body 3.8 mm, carapace 1.0 mm, dorsal scute 2.0 mm, chelicera 1.6 mm, pedipalps 1.8 mm, ovipositor 1 mm.
Colour. Second prosomatic tergite and FLS T6, opisthosomatic sternites, free lateral sternites and anal operculum blackish brown. Pedipalps and chelicerae cream (Figs 118-120).
Dorsal surface. Surface densely reticulate. Supracheliceral laminae distally armed with blunt granules. Eye mound armed with two rows of blunt granules.
Ventral surface. Lateral borders of the genital operculum unarmed.
Chelicera. Ventrobasal spine of basichelicerite sharp-pointed (Fig. 124).
Pedipalp. As in J. albiarcuata except for: trochanter broken. Inner apophysis of patella longer than wide. Tibia densely armed with sharp-pointed granules (Fig. 123).
Legs. Femoral formula 1/3/1/1.
Ovipositor. Body broken, only five segments preserved (Fig. 121). Second segment of the furca with a distal lyrifissure (Fig. 122).

Notes[]

Location: Brazil: Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia
The original description lists the only specimen as a male, but examination by Tourinho & Kury confirms it is a female.

Literature[]

Roewer, 1953^[1]
Tourinho & Kury, 2003^[2]

References[]

↑ Roewer, C.F. (1953a) Neotropische Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Arachnidae). (Weitere Weberknechte XVII). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Berlin, 29(1), 180-265.
↑ Tourinho, A.L., & Kury, A.B., 2003. A review of Jussara, with descriptions of six new species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) from Brazil. Tropical Zoology, 16(2): 209-275.

Additional Images[]

[1] Roewer, C.F. (1953a) Neotropische Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Arachnidae). (Weitere Weberknechte XVII). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Berlin, 29(1), 180-265.

[2] Tourinho, A.L., & Kury, A.B., 2003. A review of Jussara, with descriptions of six new species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) from Brazil. Tropical Zoology, 16(2): 209-275.

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