Two new species of Calima Moreno-González and Villarreal, 2012 (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from the Colombian Andes, with a discussion on the male flagellar microsetae of Hubbardiinae

ABSTRACT

Two new species of short-tailed whip-scorpions (schizomids), Calima embera sp. nov. and Calima nutabe sp. nov. are described based upon collected material from the Natural Park Planes de San Rafael, Risaralda department, and the Natural Reserve El Romeral, Antioquia department, Colombia, increasing the number of known species for the genus to four; an identification key and a distribution map for Calima species, are provided. The voluminous spermathecal lobes in females and the presence of a small dorsal eminence basal to Dm4 in the male flagellum of some species, could represent diagnostic characters for Calima and are therefore included in its diagnosis. The microsetae of the male flagellum of Hubbardiinae, continues be excluded from the setal homologies; we suggest that they must be taken into consideration in a future homology proposal. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D3A97A4-29A6-46E2-AD78-EE6C7036D251

KEYWORDS:

• Andean region
• Arachnid
• Colombia
• Neotropical region
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Carlos Valderrama (ICESI, Cali, Colombia), Eduardo Flórez (ICN-UNAL, Bogotá, Colombia) and Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha (IB-USP, São Paulo, Brazil) for allowing us access to laboratory facilities. Also to Patricia Chacón (Univalle, Cali, Colombia) for the logistical support during the field trip in 2010 to Risaralda department, Colombia. We thank Brittany Damron (IB-USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil) for useful comments on the English language and are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions.

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Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo [2015/18376-2 to JAM];