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Progonyleptoidellus bocaina sp. nov., male holotype (MZSP 73602) and female paratype (MZSP 73776): A, male habitus, dorsal view; B, female habitus, dorsal view; C, male habitus, ventral view; D, female trochanter-femur IV, dorsal view; E, male trochanter-tibia IV, dorsal view; F, male habitus, left lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Progonyleptoidellus bocaina sp. nov., male holotype (MZSP 73602) and female paratype (MZSP 73776): A, male habitus, dorsal view; B, female habitus, dorsal view; C, male habitus, ventral view; D, female trochanter-femur IV, dorsal view; E, male trochanter-tibia IV, dorsal view; F, male habitus, left lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

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As part of an ongoing revision and cladistic analysis of the "K92 clade" (Gonyleptidae), the Brazilian genus Progonyleptoidellus Piza, 1940 is revised and two new species from São Paulo State are described: P. bocaina sp. nov. and P. picinguaba sp. nov. A cladistic analysis of the genus was performed using these two new species plus the three previ...

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... (Fig. 3C): Coxa I with a median row of enlarged setiferous tubercles; coxa II with two median rows of small rounded tubercles; coxae III-IV with scattered granules. Coxae II-IV connected by a row of tubercles. Stigmatic area: posterior margin convex, most of lateral parts touching coxa IV. Stigmata elliptical and ...
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... (Fig. 3F): Coxa smooth and enlarged, reaching the cheliceral bulla. Trochanter with a dorsoapical small elevation, with one apical ventral setiferous tubercle. Femur and patella elongated, slender and smooth. Tibial setation: mesal IiIi; ectal IiIi. Tarsus with 2 ventral median rows of setae; tarsal setation: mesal IiI; ectal ...
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... (in ethanol; Fig. 3): Light yellow with small black spots scattered on anterior, posterior and lateral margins of DS, scutal areas, free tergites I-II, pedipalps, chelicerae and legs I-III. Dark yellow on leg IV (coxa-tibia). Predominantly black on the carapace around and behind the ocularium, in the spines of the scutal area III and in dorsoapical ...

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