Berlesezetes auxiliaris ( GRANDJEAN , 1936)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12586208 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12586222 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE6D23-FF87-FFEC-2037-FC4AFC15FA0A |
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Felipe |
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Berlesezetes auxiliaris ( GRANDJEAN , 1936) |
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Berlesezetes auxiliaris ( GRANDJEAN, 1936) View in CoL
Examined material: Venezuela, Estado Mérida. Secondary mesic forest N of Mérida town, on the ridge above the district of Santa Maria Norte , at 1,800 m. alt. Litter. March 27, 1997. Coll. S. & T. PÓCS (No. 9741) .
The series of specimens found in Venezuela this time are nearly identical with the ones that GRANDJEAN described and drew. The only difference is that the striped fore-and-aft sculpture on the ventral side is quite faint on the animals collected this time compared to the drawings. Also, in the epimeral region there are a lot less lines on the newly acquired animals. However, these differences could be attributed to imperfect drawings.
Many authors believe in this species circumtropical distribution. I was fortunate that this time I had the chance to analyze not only Venezuelan specimens but paratypes (there are two specimens in the HNHM’s collection) of the Berlesezetes africanus ( BALOGH, 1958) species and another, possibly new species from Africa. These species are different from the ones from Venezuela, therefore data that points to their circumtropical trait is questionable .
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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