Almeida Everlin, Mariano Rodolfo
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil. E-mail:
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, UESC-Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Aug 18;4000(4):497-500. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.4.9.
A new species of Macunahyphes Dias, Salles & Molineri (Leptohyphidae) is described based on male imagos collected in the Michelin Ecological Reserve, Igrapiúna, Bahia state, Brazil, located in a preserved area of Atlantic Forest. The male of the new species can be distinguished from all congeners by the shape of the penes, which have a pair of unusual spines, and are elongated with lateral hook-shaped projections distributed from the base to the middle region. This new species represents the first record for the genus from Bahia State.