On the systematic position of Dino Loman and Toccolus Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae), with the description of a new species from western Java, Indonesia
Author
Kury, Adriano B.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1932
61
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184865
bd17d8d8-464b-489c-896e-0804be6ebc3a
1175-5326
184865
Key to the species of
Toccolus
1. Pedipalpal femur dorsal with 2 high spines (as long as femur width); ocularium armed with high spine (much longer than height of ocularium)
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T. chibai
(
Malaysia
)
- Pedipalpal femur dorsal with a row of 7–10 small tubercles (much shorter than femur width); ocularium armed with small tubercle (much shorter than height of ocularium)............................................................2
2. Ocularium very low; pedipalpal tarsus ventro-ectal and ventro-mesal sides each with 4 spines; tarsus I with 8 articles
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T. javanensis
(Java)
- Ocularium elevated; pedipalpal tarsus ventro-ectal and ventro-mesal sides each with 3 spines; tarsus I with 5–6 articles...........................................................................................................................................3
3. Basichelicerite with 2 very short acuminate tubercles (much shorter than basichelicerite width); pedipalpal coxa dorsal with row of 3 dentiform apophyses, middle apophysis anchor-shaped (“dorsal mit 3 Zähnen, deren mittlerer ankerförmig ist” [Roewer 1938: 103])
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T. minimus
(
Vietnam
)
- Basichelicerite with 3 high (almost as long as basichelicerite width) spines; pedipalpal coxa dorsal with 2 short curved apophyses (“a short but robust spine which is acutely bent forward at the distal end, and with a small tubercle exterior to it, also a further blunt tubercle at the base” [
Suzuki 1969: 93
]) ........................
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T. globitarsis
(
Thailand
)