A new genus of Tricommatinae from Eastern Brazil (Opiliones Laniatores Gonyleptidae)

Abstract

The new genus Caramaschia from the Brazilian State of Bahia is proposed
in the family Gonyleptidae based on the newly described species Caramaschia
singularis. Although it can be placed in the subfamily Tricommatinae with confidence,
its external morphology shows a mixture of extraneous features resembling
different families of Gonyleptoidea. Remarkable features of Caramaschia
include the absence of a common eye mound, a convex and strongly spined pedipalpal
femur and a stout cheliceral apophysis.
KEY WORDS: Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, taxonomy, Neotropics, Bahia.