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Second meeting and curious ocurrence of Trichodamon froesi Mello-Leitão, (Arachnida: Amblypygi)

T. froesi Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Arachida Amblypygi) wich has only been known from "Mangabeira" cave since its description in 1940, has now been found in two other caves ("Goat" and "Icó" caves and various small tunnels) in "Morro das Araras" (Macaw Mountain) or "Morro dos Bueiros" (Channeled Moutain) an isolated mesa-like kill in the same region of the "Chapada Diamantina Meridional" Basin of Lençois, two kilometers southeast of the town of Ituaçu (13º48'56"S and 41º17'53"W) and more recently the animal was collected infdarm house in Laje county (13º10'S and 39º25'W) - Oriental Sediment Basin, Jequié-Mutuipe-zone Bahia, Brazil.

Arachnida; Amblypygi; Trichodamon froesi


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