Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924

Carvalho, Leonardo S. & Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo, 2019, On the sun-spiders of the ibirapemussu species-group of the genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 (Solifugae, Mummuciidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4700 (2), pp. 289-298 : 290-291

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Genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 View in CoL

Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924: 140 –141 (as Gaùcha [sic]). Type species: Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 (by original designation).

Gauchella Mello-Leitão, 1937: 84 View in CoL (synonymized by Botero-Trujillo et al. 2017: 13). Type species: Gaucha stoeckeli Roewer, 1934 View in CoL .

Metacleobis Roewer, 1934: 589 View in CoL (synonymized by Botero-Trujillo et al. 2017: 13). Type species: Metacleobis fulvipes Roewer, 1934 View in CoL .

Mummuciella Roewer, 1934: 583 View in CoL , 587 (synonymized by Mello-Leitão, 1937: 84). Type species: Mummuciella simoni Roewer, 1934 View in CoL .

Species composition. Twelve South American species, namely: Gaucha avexada Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha cabriola sp. nov.; Gaucha casuhati Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha curupi Botero- Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017; Gaucha eremolembra Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 ; Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 ; Gaucha fulvipes (Roewer, 1934) ; Gaucha ibirapemussu (Carvalho, Candiani, Bonaldo, Suesdek & Silva, 2010) ; Gaucha mauryi ( Rocha, 2001) ; Gaucha ramirezi Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime , Ojanguren- Affilastro, 2019; Gaucha santana Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime, Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 ; and Gaucha stoeckeli Roewer, 1934 ;

Distribution. Argentina ( Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santiago del Estero provinces), Bolivia ( Cochabamba and La Paz departments), Brazil (States of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco [new record], Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Tocantins), Uruguay ( Lavalleja, Río Negro, Rivera).

Diagnosis. See details in Botero-Trujillo et al. (2017: 13) and amendment regarding the pleural marks made by Botero-Trujillo et al. (2019).