Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species
Author
Sharma, Prashant P.
Author
Kury, Adriano B.
Author
Giribet, Gonzalo
text
Zootaxa
2011
2972
37
58
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206628
edfa19b9-1107-4839-a098-e25b9f814bf1
1175-5326
206628
Zalmoxis bonka
(
Forster, 1949
)
new combination
Savoa bonka
Forster, 1949
, p. 145–146, figs. 10–16.
Record.
*Savo
Island
(
Solomon Islands
), collected under dead branches and coconut fronds in coastal forest.
Remarks.
Forster (1949)
erected the monotypic genus
Savoa
on the basis of (1) the unarmed dorsal scutum (thereby distinct from
Acrozalmoxis
), and (2) the ocularial spine (thereby distinct from
Zalmoxis
). However, a number of
Zalmoxis
species have been described with ocularial spines. Furthermore,
Zalmoxis
otherwise ascribable to "
Savoa
" have been collected from the vicinity of the
Solomon Islands
that lack the ocularial spine. We therefore synonymize
Savoa
with
Zalmoxis
.