Notes on Bonea Roewer, 1914 and Lomanius Roewer, 1923 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Podoctidae), with the description of three new species from China
Author
Zhang, Chao
Author
Kury, Adriano B.
Author
Zhang, Feng
text
Zootaxa
2013
3630
2
201
224
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.1
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1175-5326
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Paralomanius
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948
revalidated
Paralomanius
Goodnight & Goodnight 1948: 9
[junior subjective synonym of
Lomanius
Roewer, 1923
by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957);
type
species:
Paralomanius longipalpus
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948
, by original designation].
Eulomanius
Roewer 1949: 286
[junior subjective synonym of
Lomanius
Roewer, 1923
by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957);
type
species:
Paralomanius brevipalpus
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948
, by original designation].
Etymology.
Paralomanius
from Greek παρά (beside) + pre-existing genus
Lomanius
. Gender masculine.
Remarks.
The synonymy of
Eulomanius
Roewer, 1949
and
Paralomanius
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948
with
Lomanius
Roewer, 1923
proposed by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) lacks characters to substantiate it. Likewise, in the analysis by Kury & Machado (2003) the two terminals of
Paralomanius
are nested in a group separated from
Lomanius
. Therefore we propose here the revalidation of
Paralomanius
(with
Eulomanius
as its junior synonym), which may be diagnosed by characters already advanced in Kury & Machado (2003). Suzuki (1977b) described a subspecies of
Paralomanius longipalpus
from the
Philippines
, but there is no reason to join those two species further than assigning them to the same genus. Therefore, the
Philippines
subpecies is here raised to full species.
Diagnosis.
Posterior margin of each ocular globe joined to carapace by tubercular bridge (absent in
Lomanius
). Interocular mound erect (strongly bent forward in
Lomanius
). Pedipalpal femur of male much longer and more slender than femur I, with attenuate spines (cylindrical, comparable to femur I in thickness and length in
Lomanius
).
Included species.
*
Paralomanius longipalpus
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948
and
Paralomanius mindanaoensis
(Suzuki, 1977)
new status
.