Fukushima Caroline Sayuri, de Andrade Rute Maria Gonçalves, Bertani Rogério
Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500 CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fundação Museu do Homem Americano, Laboratório de Vestígios Orgânicos, Centro Cultural Sérgio Motta s/n, CEP 64770-000, Caixa Postal 2, São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brazil.
Zookeys. 2017 Apr 10(667):67-94. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.667.11369. eCollection 2017.
The genus Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 has 91 representatives in the New World. Despite medical relevancy, the taxonomy of the genus is poorly understood. South American were divided into four groups of species: , , and ; this last one has a single species, Gertsch, 1967. More recently, the natural occurrence of in the New World has been questioned, due to the strong morphological resemblance and close phylogenetic relationship with Old World species, mainly with (Dufour, 1820). Herein, is rediagnosed and its morphological variation and natural distribution discussed. Two new species closely related to it from northeastern Brazil are also described, , from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and , from the state of Alagoas. The relationships of these new species with and are discussed.
海内肯与洛威属(Heinecken & Lowe,1832)在新世界有91个代表物种。尽管该属具有医学相关性,但其分类学却鲜为人知。南美洲的物种被分为四组: 、 、 和 ;最后一组只有一个物种,即格奇于1967年命名的 。最近,由于与旧世界物种,主要是与 (杜富尔,1820)在形态上极为相似且系统发育关系密切,新世界中 的自然分布受到了质疑。在此,对 进行了重新诊断,并讨论了其形态变异和自然分布。还描述了来自巴西东北部与它密切相关的两个新物种,来自北里奥格兰德州的 和来自阿拉戈斯州的 。讨论了这些新物种与 和 的关系。