Description of a new Mummucina species (Solifugae: Mummuciidae) from Peru

Abstract

A new species of Mummuciidae, Mummucina chaskae, collected at 1946 m.a.s.l. in the department of Huanuco, Peru, is described and illustrated. With this description, the number of known species of Mummucina rises to five for the genus and to three for Peru. Publicación registrada en Zoobank/ZooBank article registered: LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:992B1B6B-1938-4197-A50D-BB850924A9CA Acto nomenclatural/nomenclatural act: Mummucina chaskae Cossios, 2020 LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B0FAEACD-2D22-42FE-8D87-F8BA9E2AC360

Keywords

• andes
• arachnids
• camel spider
• huanuco
• new species
• solifugid