Giupponia

Taxobox
name = "Giupponia"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Laniatores
superfamilia = Gonyleptoidea
familia = Gonyleptidae
subfamilia = Pachylinae
genus = "Giupponia"
genus_authority = Pérez & Kury, 2002
diversity_link = Giupponia
diversity = 1 species
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species = "G. chagasi"
binomial = "Giupponia chagasi"
binomial_authority = Pérez & Kury, 2002

"Giupponia" is a monotypic genus of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae. The only described species, "G. chagasi", was found in two limestone caves in Serra do Ramalho, Bahia State, Brazil.

The long-legged species features several adaptations to cave life, such as complete eyelessness and lack of pigmentation.

Name

The genus and species are named after arachnologist Alessandro Ponce de Leão Giupponi and myriapodologist Amazonas Chagas Júnior, respectively.

References

* (2002): A new remarkable troglomorphic gonyleptid from Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). "Revista ibérica de aracnología" 5: 43-50.