title: Revision of the genus Ferkeria Roewer, 1947, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae).
abstract: A new diagnosis for the cosmetid genus Ferkeria Roewer, 1947 is proposed. The type species, F. vestita Roewer, 1947 is redescribed and a new species, Ferkeria flavicoxae sp. nov., is described from Zongo, La Paz, Bolivia. The new species differs from the only other species of the genus by: yellow-white colored coxa IV (orange-brown in F. vestita); armature of scutal areas I-III with rounded tubercles (spiniform in F. vestita) and conspicuous tarsal process (reduced in F. vestita).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05422-970; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Yago Ferro
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05422-970; Email: ricrocha@usp.br.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinto-da-Rocha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001097:Arachnida / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D001838:Bolivia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity