Genus: Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 | Family: Mummuciidae Roewer, 1934 | Order: Solifugae Sundevall, 1833

Gaucha piranauru Souza, Ferreira, & Carvalho, 2021

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Gaucha piranauru

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:3fcbbfd8-909c-4df2-8ea5-01a7c67b8ad3

Taxonomic references

Gaucha piranauru Souza, Verreira, & Carvalho:

Souza, Ferreira and Carvalho, 2021: 561-570, figures 1-23, tables 1-2

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil
Type locality: Holotype: male from BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Rio Pardo de Minas, Vale do Rio Peixe Bravo, 16°04’41.36”S, 42°43’42.53”W, 09.iv.2016, R. L. Ferreira leg., pitfall trap (ISLA 15684). Paratypes: 2 ♂ (CHNUF-PI 4063 and ISLA 15683), same data of holotype, and 1 ♀ (ISLA 15685; Fig. 1), same locality and collector of the holotype, 22.ii.2015, hand collection.
Type repository
  • Holotype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) 1♂ (ISLA 15684)
  • Paratype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) 1 ♂ (ISLA 15683)
  • Paratype Coleção de História Natural da Universidade Federal do Piauí (CHNUFPI), Floriano, Brazil 1♂ (CHNUFPI 4063)
  • Paratype ISLA (Subterranean Invertebrates of Lavras, Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) 1 ♀ (ISLA 15685)
Zoobank LSID

F3096BAE-FF30-4351-B488-DA98BF595F27

References

Souza, M.F.V.R., Ferreira, R.L. & Carvalho, L.S. (2021). A new species of the genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 from Minas Gerais, Brazil (Solifugae, Mummuciidae). Zootaxa 5061(3): 559-572. ZooBank: F3096BAE-FF30-4351-B488-DA98BF595F27 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.9 -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Old value
2026-10-23 New taxonomic reference entry Souza, Ferreira and Carvalho, 2021
2026-10-23 Species updated Old value
2026-10-23 New species inserted