Roquettea decioi sp. nov. is described from Carolina, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It is the seventh species in Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 and the eighth species of Opiliones recorded from the state. Roquettea decioi sp. nov may be characterized by ocularium low, with median depression, pedipalpal tibia without pseudo-finger forming chela and massive divergent protuberances on scutal area III. © 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia All rights reserved.
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Kury, A. B. (2013). The first species of Roquettea from Maranhão, Brazil (Opiliones: Cosmetidae: Discosomaticinae). Zoologia, 30(5), 569–573. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000500009
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