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Revision of the Elusive Harvestmen Genus Discocyrtulus Roewer, 1927 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae): Investigating the Presumed Northeastern Brazilian Discocyrtus-Like Relatives

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  Revision of the Elusive Harvestmen Genus Discocyrtulus Roewer, 1927 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae): Investigating the Presumed Northeastern Brazilian Discocyrtus-Like Relatives ABSTRACT A maximum parsimony analysis based on morphological characters (23 taxa; 98 characters; 1951 scorings) was conducted to test the monophyly of Discocyrtulus Roewer, 1927, and to assess its phylogenetic relationships within Gonyleptidae. The results recover the species currently assigned to Discocyrtulus as phylogenetically distant from Pachylinae sensu stricto and nested instead within Discocyrtus sensu stricto +, forming a clade together with Discocyrtus moraesianus Mello-Leitão, 1923. Accordingly, Discocyrtulus is removed from Pachylinae Sørensen, 1884, and left without subfamilial assignment. As a result, Discocyrtulus now comprises Discocyrtulus crenulatus (Roewer, 1913) comb. nov. , Discocyrtulus marginalis Roewer, 1929, and Discocyrtulus moraesianus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) comb. ...

A new species of Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 from a cave in the Sai Yok National Parc in Thailand (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Description of the male of Kaira candidissima with notes on its natural history (Araneae: Araneidae)

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The genus Kimula (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles

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Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802), araña europea 2026 (Arachnida: Araneae)

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Urokodia sheds light on the origin of chelicerae and book gills of Chelicerata

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First record of Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879 from Burkina Faso (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae)

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On Crypsidromus carinatus Valerio, 1980 and its palpal bulb morphology (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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Under pressure: Clinical management of venom-induced compartment syndrome in snakebite–A scoping review of the global literature

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Comparative analysis of venom composition, enzymatic activity, and antivenom immunorecognition in neonates of four Bothrops species

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Animal models in venom and antivenom research: The need to align academic discovery with manufacturing and regulatory expectations

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Diet and hunting behavior of the gray wall jumping spider Menemerus bivittatus (Araneae: Salticidae) in homes in southern Campeche, Mexico

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First comprehensive description of the endemic Croatian polytrichous scorpion Euscorpius lagostae Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae)

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Hidden in the wrack: spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity and new records for Italy from Posidonia banquettes

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Formalization of nomenclatural acts proposed in Tang (2026) (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpiopidae)

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