gluvia_JML

We present the description of a new species of Solifugae from the Iberian Peninsula, Gluvia brunnea sp. nov., which has been found so far in southeast Spain. The morphological description is accompanied by molecular and multiple factor analyses, jointly giving full support to the specific status of the taxon. Finally, we discuss the intraspecific variability of both species, G. dorsalis and G. brunnea sp. nov., and the recent history of the genus. We also discuss the usefulness of multiple factor analysis to quantitatively separate species, and also stress that some specimens of this new species were found in Mesovoid Shallow Substratum stations, being the very first time that Solifugae are captured in this type of traps.