SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF THE BRAZILIA N PALPIGRADE EUKOENENIA-JANETSCHEKI CONDE

The Central Amazonian palpigrade Eukoenenia janetscheki CONDE, 1993, w as established on the basis of 13 specimens, but only the adult male w as fully described, with brief comments on the adult female and the ju veniles of both sexes. Now, the examination of 111 individuals, all fr om the soil of upland primary and secondary forests, allow a much bett er knowledge of the species. This includes a study of the evolution of size, morphology and chaetotaxy at the three stages of the postembryo nic development and sex-ratio of an isolated population (0.33 to 1.1) and the whole material at hand (0.56).