Cyriocosmus aueri
Kaderka, 2016
Peru
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IUCN Status
IUCN Red List Status
Taxonomy and History
Scientific Name : Cyriocosmus aueri
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Described By: Kaderka, 2016
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Researcher Profile: Radan Kaderka
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Genus: Cyriocosmus
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Etymology: The specific name is a patronym in honour of Hans-Werner Auer, who found all new species here described from Amazon rainforest in the Loreto region, Peru.
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Original Type Locality: Peru, Iquitos, at margin of the Amazon River, village of Nuevo Umaral
Specimen Records
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Adult Male Activity
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Cyriocosmus peruvianus sp. nov.,
C. itayensis sp. nov.,
C. aueri sp. nov.,
C. giganteus sp. nov. from Peru, Loreto region,
C. hoeferi sp. nov. from Brazil,
C. williamlamari sp. nov. and
C. nicholausgordoni sp. nov. from Venezuela are described, illustrated, diagnosed and both sexes, if known, keyed. New Peruvian species can be distinguished from all congeners, except
C. bertae Pérez-Miles, 1998 and
C. pribiki Pérez-Miles and Weinmann, 2009, by the uniformly coloured carapace and abdomen without stripes and by the short paraembolic apophysis in male palpal bulb. The female of
Cyriocosmus ritae Pérez-Miles, 1998 is described for the first time from a known Peruvian population near Iquitos.
Journal of Natural History, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1076082
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Habitat and Type Locality
