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Litoralia González-Sponga, 1992 is a genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with 10 species from Venezuela.
Synonymy[]
Litoralia González-Sponga, 1992: 264.
Etymology[]
Litoralia , from latín litoralis = littoral/coasta (for the habitat of all species from this genus in the Coastal mountain range (Cordillera Litoral) of Venezuela (González-Sponga, 1992, p.265).
Placement[]
Originally placed in Cosmetidae, Cosmetinae.
Type species[]
- Litoralia nigrispinulata (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) by original designation in González-Sponga, 1992: 298. This species was originally described as Eucynortoides nigrispinulata Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949, and later made a junior synonym of Cynorta poecilis Roewer 1927 in Kury 2003.
Diagnosis[]
González-Sponga, 1992 (p.265) writes "el carácter que con mayor certeza permite separar a Litoralia n. gen. está en los metatarsos 1 de los ejemplares masculinos, es una estructura fusiforme traslúcida la cual ocupa gran parte del metatarso.". [translated = ] The character that with greatest certainty allows us to separate Litoralia n. gen. is on the metatarsi 1 of male specimens, it is a translucent fusiform structure which occupies a large part of the metatarsus".
Included species[]
- Litoralia acerba González-Sponga, 1992: 267 - Venezuela (Districto Federal).
- Litoralia austera González-Sponga, 1992: 270 - Venezuela (Aragua).
- Litoralia bothropica González-Sponga, 1992: 274 - Venezuela (Aragua).
- Litoralia cordillerana González-Sponga, 1992: 278 - Venezuela (Miranda).
- Litoralia gibberosa González-Sponga, 1992: 282 - Venezuela (Yaracuy).
- Litoralia guariquensis González-Sponga, 1992: 286 - Venezuela (Guárico).
- Litoralia junci González-Sponga, 1992: 290 - Venezuela (Dist. Fed./Miranda) Also Aragua.
- Litoralia longipedis González-Sponga, 1992: 294 - Venezuela (Miranda).
- Litoralia poecilis (Roewer, 1927): 564 - Venezuela (Districto Federal).
- Litoralia rubricunda González-Sponga, 1992: 302 - Venezuela (Districto Federal).
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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
González-Sponga, M.A. (1992) Arácnidos de Venezuela. Opiliones Laniatores II. Familia Cosmetidae. Acad. Cienc. Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas, 432 pp