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Iandumoema

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Iandumoema
Iandumoema smeagol
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Iandumoema

Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996
Type species
Iandumoema uai
Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996

Iandumoema is a genus of harvestmen, with three species: Iandumoema uai, I. setimapocu, and I. smeagol, each known only from caves in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. The genus name derives from the Tupi language words iandu ("spider") and moema ("false"), in reference to the popular misconception that harvestmen are spiders.[1] The species Iandumoema smeagol lacks eyes.[2]

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  1. ^ Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (1996). "Iandumoema uai, a new genus and species of troglobitic harvestman from Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (4): 843–848. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000400005.
  2. ^ Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo; Fonseca-Ferreira, Rafael; Bichuette, Maria (2015). "A new highly specialized cave harvestman from Brazil and the first blind species of the genus: Iandumoema smeagol sp. n. (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)". ZooKeys (537): 79–95. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6073. PMC 4714048. PMID 26798238.