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Poassa limbata

Poassa limbata

Harvestmen

GBIF:114215213

ABOUT

Descriptions(4)

Body dark brown; approximately 12 small orange-tipped tubercles along lateral margin of carapace with posterior most tubercle enlarged into a cone shaped spine; three pairs of orange-tipped tubercles on eye mound; area III with large pair of cone shaped spines; one pair of orange-tipped tubercles on areas I, II and IV of the prosoma and each free tergite. Legs uniform dark brown and glossy in appearance. Trochanters dark brown.
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This species is currently assigned to family Manaosbiidae but may require revisions. This is closely related to Zygopachylus albomarginis. Both species exhibit a rare form of parental care where the males build cup-like mud nests where females visit, copulate, oviposit eggs, and leave. Males remain with the eggs and young juveniles, guarding them from predators.
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COSTA RICA: Heredia - Quebrada Gonzalez (500 m); Limon - Las Brisas Nature Reserve (800-1000 m); Alajuela - Poás Volcano National Park (no elevation specified in Roewer 1949).
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Mid elevation wet forests. This species appears to have a lower elevational limit of approximately 400-500 m. The species has been observed up to 1000 m, however, higher elevations were not sampled and thus the upper limit is unknown.
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CLASSIFICATION

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Source Information

Arácnidos de Centroamérica

checklist

Miller S, Rycroft S. Arácnidos de Centroamérica. Scratchpads. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ylauhk accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

GBIF Usage Key
114215213
Dataset Key
b040c606-644f-4f6b-8f43-124c2a00d345
Origin
source
Backbone Key
6903159
Taxon ID
ee603d95-66fe-4d74-8c9a-2d0dfdbeed97
Last Crawled
3/31/2026
Last Interpreted
3/31/2026