Resumen de Fine-tuning the diversity in four families of Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Venezuela

Osvaldo Villarreal Manzanilla, Andrés F. García, Adriano B. Kury

• español

  Se proponen 12 actos taxonómicos en Gonyleptoidea. En Agoristenidae son propuestas 2 sinonimias específicas en los géneros Avima Roewer y Ocoita González-Sponga. Medellinia bordoni Soares y Avram syn. nov. es removida de Holocranaus Roewer (Cranaidae) y considerado sinónimo junior subjetivo de Rhopalocranaus bordoni Šilhavý; Stygnicranella Caporiacco syn. nov. y attr. nov. es aquí transferido de Cranaidae a Manaosbiidae, y es considerado como sinónimo subjetivo junior de Rhopalocranus Roewer; R. flaviaculeatus Caporiacco es considerado como sinónimo subjetivo senior de S. pizai Caporiacco syn. nov. En Cosmetidae, Paecilaema sexlineatum Goodnight y Goodnight es considerado sinónimo senior subjetivo de Paecilaema vitatta González-Sponga, actualmente Paecilaema gonzalezi Kury syn. nov. En Cranaidae, Phareicranaus francourbanii Avram es transferido de su sinónimo actual, P. benedictoi Soares et Avram comb. nov. es revalidada y considerada como nomen inquirendum, y 4 sinonimias son propuestas en Phareicranaus Roewer: P. capayitaensis González-Sponga syn. nov., P. francourbanii Avram syn. nov. and P. guaricoensis González-Sponga syn. nov., son considerados sinónimos junior subjetivos de P. albilineatus (Roewer); P. leonensis González-Sponga syn. nov. es considerada un sinónimo junior subjetivo de P. curvipes (Roewer). El uso de datos distribucionales de algunos opiliones venezolanos en estudios biogeográficos es discutido.

• English

  Twelve taxonomic acts are proposed in Gonyleptoidea. In Agoristenidae, 2 specific synonymies are proposed in Avima Roewer and Ocoita González-Sponga. Medellinia bordoni Soares and Avram syn. nov. is transferred from Holocranaus Roewer (Cranaidae) to Manaosbiidae attr. nov. and considered a junior subjective synonym of Rhopalocranaus bordoni Šilhavý; Stygnicranella Caporiacco syn. nov. and attr. nov. is here transferred from Cranaidae to Manaosbiidae, and considered a junior subjective synonym of Rhopalocranaus Roewer; R. flaviaculeatus Caporiacco is considered a senior subjective synonym of S. pizai Caporiacco syn. nov. In Cosmetidae, Paecilaema sexlineatum Goodnight and Goodnight, is considered a senior subjective synonym of Paecilaema vitatta González- Sponga syn. nov., currently Paecilaema gonzalezi Kury syn. nov. In Cranaidae, Phareicranaus francourbanii Avram is transferred from its current synonymy, P. benedictoi Soares & Avram comb. nov. is revalidated and considered as a nomen inquirendum, and 4 synonymies are proposed in Phareicranaus Roewer: P. capayitaensis González-Sponga syn. nov., P. francourbanii Avram syn. nov., and P. guaricoensis González-Sponga syn. nov. are considered as junior subjective synonyms of P. albilineatus (Roewer); and P. leonensis González-Sponga syn. nov. is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. curvipes (Roewer). The use of distributional data of some Venezuelan harvestmen in biogeographic studies is discussed.