Description of the male of Daguerreia inermis Soares &amp; Soares, with biological notes on population size in the Gruta da Lancinha, Paraná, Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000400004

Abstract

The male of Daguerreia inermis Soares & Soares, 1947, a troglophilic harvestman, is described. Distribution records are given for caves of the Speleological Province of Vale do Ribeira and two non carbonatic areas (Telêmaco Borba and Arapoti, Paraná), in southeastern Brazil. The population of the Gruta da Lancinha (Paraná, Brazil) was studied from October 1988 to February 1989. The population size was estimated, by Fisher Ford's method, between 158-610 individuals. The sex ratio observed was 1:1.

Arachnida; Opiliones; Daguerreia inermis; cave fauna; population size

Description of the male of Daguerreia inermis Soares & Soares, with biological notes on population size in the Gruta da Lancinha, Paraná, Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 7172, 01064-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

ABSTRACT

The male of Daguerreia inermis Soares & Soares, 1947, a troglophilic harvestman, is described. Distribution records are given for caves of the Speleological Province of Vale do Ribeira and two non carbonatic areas (Telêmaco Borba and Arapoti, Paraná), in southeastern Brazil. The population of the Gruta da Lancinha (Paraná, Brazil) was studied from October 1988 to February 1989. The population size was estimated, by Fisher Ford's method, between 158-610 individuals. The sex ratio observed was 1:1.

Key words: Arachnida, Opiliones, Daguerreia inermis, cave fauna, population size

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I am grateful to Dr. Eleonora Trajano (IBUSP), Dr. Pedro Gnaspini (IBUSP) and Dr. Sebastião Laroca (UFPR) for the comments on the manuscript and to Dr. Sonia Casari (MZSP) and Dr. Carlos Vilela (IBUSP) for comments on English version. To my assistants in cave work Otto Rieppenhoff, Gabriel Skuk, Darci Zakrzewski, Marcos Ricardo Bornschein. To Dr. Alberto Ribeiro and Márcio V. Cruz for the facilities on Laboratório de Microscopia Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulo. Grant from FAPESP (# 91/4054-7; 94/1307-0).

Recebido em 14.III.1996; aceito em 02.XII.1996.

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Date of issue
1996

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Received
14 Mar 1996
Accepted
02 Dec 1996

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[1] Acosta, L.E. 1996. An emendation of the generic concept of Pachyloides, with the description of a new species (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Revue suisse Zool. Hors (1):5-14

[2] Begon, M. 1979. Investigating animal abundance. Londres, Edward Arnold, 96p.

[3] Cokendolpher, J.C. & S.R. Jones. 1991. Karyotype and notes on the male reproductive system and natural history of the harvestman Vonones sayi (Simon) (Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 93 (1):86-91.

[4] Gnaspini, P. 1995. Reproduction and postembryonic development of Goniosoma spelaeum, a cavernicolous harvestmen from Southeastern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Invert. Rep. Dev. 28 (2):137-151.

[5] ______. 1996. Population ecology of Goniosoma spelaeum, a cavernicolous harvestman fro Southeastern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Jour. Zool. 239:417-435.

[6] Gnaspini, P. & E. Trajano. 1994. Brazilian cave invertebrates, with a checklist of troglomorphic taxa. Revta bras. Ent. 38 (3/4):549-584.

[7] Holsinger, J. & D. Culver. 1988. The invertebrate cave fauna of Virginia and a part of Eastern Tennessee: Zoogeography and Ecology. Brimleyana 14:1-162.

[8] Juberthie, C. 1972. Reproduction et développment d'un opilion Cosmetidae, Cynorta cubana (Banks), de Cuba. Ann. Spéléol. 27 (4):773-785.

[9] Juberthie, C. & A. Muñoz-Cuevas. 1971. Sur la ponte de Pachylus quinamavidensis (Opilion, Gonyleptidae). Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse 107 (3-4):468-474.

[10] Karmann, I & L.E. Sánchez. 1986. Speleological provinces in Brazil. In: IX Congresso Internacional de Espeleologia. Barcelona, p. 151-153.

[11] Muñoz-Cuevas, A. 1971. Contribution à l'etude du développement postem-bryonnaire de Pachylus quinamavidensis Muñoz-Cuevas (Arachnides, Opilions, Laniatores). Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 12 (3):629-641.

[12] Pinto-da-Rocha, R. 1994. Invertebrados cavernícolas da Porção meridional da Província Espeleológica do Vale do Ribeira, Sul do Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 10 (2):229-255.

[13] ______. 1995. Sinopse da fauna cavernícola do Brasil (1907-1994). Papéis avulsos Dept. Zool., São Paulo, 39 (6):61-173.

[14] ______. 1996. Biological notes and population size of Pachylospeleus strinatii Šilhavý, 1974 in the Gruta das Areias de Cima, Iporanga, southeastern Brazil (Arachnida; Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Bull. British Arachn. Soc. 10 (5):189-192.

[15] Soares, B.A.M. & H.E.M. Soares. 1947. Opiliões pertencentes à coleção Gert Hatschbach (Opiliones - Gonyleptidae, Phalangodidae, Phalangiidae). Papéis Avulsos Dept. Zool., São Paulo, 8 (18):209-230.

[16] Trajano, E. 1987. Fauna cavernícola brasileira: composição e caracterização preliminar. Revta bras. Zool. 3 (8):533-561.

[17] Trajano, E. & P. Gnaspini-Netto, P. 1991a. Fauna cavernícola brasileira, com uma análise preliminar da distribuição dos táxons. Revta bras. Zool. 7 (3):383-407.

[18] ______. 1991b. Notes on the food webs in caves of southeastern Brazil. Mém. Biospéol. 18:75-79.

[19] Trajano, E. & E. Sánchez. 1994. Brésil, p. 527-540. In: Encyclopaedia Biospeologica. Moulis, Societé de Biospéologie, vol. 1.