RESEARCH ARTICLE Light from dark: A relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in South America Abel PeÂrez-GonzaÂlez1*, F. Sara Ceccarelli1¤a, Bruno G. O. Monte2,3, Daniel N. Proud1¤b, MaÂrcio Bernardino DaSilva4, Maria E. Bichuette3 a1111111111 1 DivisioÂn AracnologõÂa, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"ÐCONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2 Programa de PoÂs-GraduacË o em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de a1111111111 ã São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, São Carlos, Brasil, 3 Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, a1111111111 Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, São Carlos, Brasil, 4 Departamento de a1111111111 SistemaÂtica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da ParaõÂba, ParaõÂba, Brasil a1111111111 ¤a Current address: Departamento de BiologõÂa de la ConservacioÂn, CONACYT-Centro de InvestigacioÂn CientõÂfica y de EducacioÂn Superior de Ensenada, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana, Ensenada B.C., MeÂxico. ¤b Current address: Moravian College, Environmental Studies & Sciences Program, Bethlehem, PA, United States of America. *
[email protected] OPEN ACCESS Citation: PeÂrez-GonzaÂlez A, Ceccarelli FS, Monte BGO, Proud DN, DaSilva MB, Bichuette ME (2017) Abstract Light from dark: A relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid A new troglobitic harvestman, Relictopiolus galadriel gen. nov et sp. nov., is described harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in  South America. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187919. from Olhos d'Agua cave, Itacarambi, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Morphological characters, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187919 including male genitalia and exomorphology, suggest that this species belongs to the family Editor: William Oki Wong, Indiana University Kimulidae, and it appears to share the greatest similarities with Tegipiolus pachypus.