Incidental notes on some Grassatorean (Arachnida: Opiliones) types of the Senckenberg Naturmuseum (SMF) harvestmen collection
Author
Pérez-González, Abel
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Author
Ayala-Apaza, Arli G.
Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María 15072, Lima, Perú
Author
Pereira, Maria Paula
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zootaxa
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2024-02-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.7
1175-5326
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Family
Zalmoxidae
Type
name:
Ignacianulus pumilio
Roewer, 1957
.
Specimen examined: Female
holotype
SMF 9911038
-
RII/11038-4
(
Fig. 2 A, B
), from
PERU
,
Cajamarca
,
San Ignacio
,
Rio Chinchipe
.
FIGURE 2
.
Ignacianulus pumilio
Roewer, 1957
, female holotype SMF 9911038-RII/11038-4. A: dorsal view. B: lateral view. C: labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm. Left label text: Rio Chinchipe, bei [near] San Ignacio, 800m, VII.48. N-PERU, Leg. W. Weyrauch. Right label text: Arachn. Coll. Rwr. Lfd. No.11038, Opil.: Phalangodinae, No.249,
Ignacianulus pumilio
n.g.
n.sp. 1 (♂?), Peru: Rio Chinchipe, bei [near] San Ignacio, Weyrauch Leg., Rwr. det. 1956.
Actions:
New allocation to family
Zalmoxidae
and clarification of the sex of the
holotype
.
Remark (I):
Roewer (1957)
originally described this species as a member of
Phalangodidae
: Phalangodinae without any illustration. Later it was removed to Grassatores
incertae sedis
by
Kury (2003)
. Herein we propose the
new transfer
of this species from Grassatores
incertae sedis
to the family
Zalmoxidae
. Despite the male genitalia was not examined, the campaniform shape of the
scutum
with mesotergal grooves V-shaped, the conical ocularium, and the well-marked cheliceral bulla support the
new allocation to family
Zalmoxidae
.
Remark (
II
):
Roewer (1957: 69)
originally considered the
holotype
as a male, with doubts. His doubts were also stated in the label (
Fig. 2C
). Close examination of the
holotype
revealed that the specimen is in fact a female.
Type
name:
Minuides koepckei
Roewer, 1956
.
Specimen examined: Male
holotype
SMF 9782-4
(
Fig. 3A–C
), from
PERU
,
Junin
, near
Tarma
,
3100 m
.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the
holotype
.
Remark (I):
Roewer (1956: 432)
originally considered the
holotype
as a female (also stated in the label,
Fig. 3D
). The enlarged tibia II revealed that it is in fact a male (
Fig. 3C
). This kind of sexually dimorphic structure, with a supposed glandular function, is found in diverse zalmoxoid species (
Kury & Pérez-González 2007
,
Willemart
et al.
2010
).
Type
name:
Chersobleptes tarmanus
Roewer, 1956
.
Current name:
Stygnoleptes tarmanus
(
Roewer, 1956
)
.
Specimen examined: Female
holotype
SMF 9694-4
(
Fig. 4A, B
), from
PERU
,
Junin
,
Campanillayoc
.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the
holotype
.
FIGURE 3
.
Minuides koepckei
Roewer, 1956
, male holotype SMF 9782-4 A: dorsal view. B: lateral view. C: detail of retrolateral tibia of left leg II. D: label. Scale bars: A, B: 1 mm; C: 0.5 mm. Label text: Senckenberg-Mus. 9782/1, Frankfurt-M.,
Minuides koepckei
Roewer
, Holotypus! 1♀, M-Peru: b. [b.= bei, near] Tarma, 3100 m., Koepcke leg., 17.11.1955 (1310).
Remark (I):
Roewer (1956: 431)
originally considered the
holotype
as a male (also stated in the label,
Fig. 4C
). The close examination of the
holotype
revealed that, contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female.
Remark (
II
): The
type
locality was misspelled as Campanillaya in the label (
Fig. 4C
) and subsequently published in the same way (
Roewer 1956: 430
,
Kury 2003: 252
). The correct spelling of the
type
locality name is Campanillayoc (
11°15’S
,
75°38’W
), a populated center near Huasahuasi, Department of
Junin
,
Peru
.
Type
name:
Viacha granulata
Roewer, 1949
.
Specimen examined: Female
holotype
SMF 9908700
-
RII/8700
/40-4 (
Fig. 5A, B
), from
BOLIVIA
,
La Paz
, near
Viacha
.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the
holotype
.
Remark (I):
Roewer (1949: 18)
originally considered the
holotype
as a male (also stated in the label,
Fig. 5C
). Close examination of the
holotype
revealed that contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female.
Type
name:
Panoplia reimoseri
Roewer, 1949
Current name:
Panopiliops reimoseri
(
Roewer, 1949
)
Specimen examined: Female
holotype
SMF 9903022
-
RII/3022
/68-4 (
Fig. 6A–D
), from
COSTA RICA
,
Limón
,
Hamburg Farm
.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the
holotype
.
FIGURE 4
.
Chersobleptes tarmanus
Roewer, 1956
, female holotype SMF 9694-4. A: dorsal view. B: lateral view. C: label. Scale bars: 1 mm. Label text: Senckenberg-Mus. 9694, Frankfurt-M.,
Chersobleptes tarmanus
Roewer
, 1♂ Holotypus, Peru: bei [near] Campanillaya [sic.] (2600 m), H. W. Koepcke l. [leg.] (Kp. 945 p).
FIGURE 5
.
Viacha granulata
Roewer, 1949
, female holotype SMF 9908700-RII/8700/40-4. A: dorsal view. B: lateral view. C: label. Scale bars: 1 mm. Label text: Arachn. Coll. Rwr. Lfd. No.8700,
Opiliones
: Phalangodinae, No.210,
Viacha granulata
n.g.
n.sp. 1 ♂, Bolivia: bei [near]
Viacha
, Typus, Rwr. det. 1942.
FIGURE 6
.
Panoplia reimoseri
Roewer, 1949
, female holotype SMF 9903022-RII/3022/68-4. A, B: dorsal view. C: lateral view. D: ventral view showing the ovipositor. E: label. Scale bars: A: 5 mm; B–D: 1 mm. Label text: Arachn. Coll. Rwr. Lfd. No.3022,
Opiliones
: Phalangodinae, No.68,
Panoplia reimoseri
n.g.
n.sp. 1 ♂, 1♀ – Reimoser leg!, Costa Rica: Hamburg Farm, Typus, Rwr. det. 1941.
Remark (I): besides the label information,
Roewer (1949)
originally published that the species was collected in nests of
Gymnostinops montezuma
(Lesson)
(currently
Psarocolius montezuma
,
Aves
:
Passeriformes
:
Icteridae
).
Remark (
II
): About the locality Hamburg Farm, we can found the following information in
Platnick
et al.
(2014)
: “Hamburg Farm was the property of the German entomologist Ferdinand Nevermann; it was situated on the banks of the Río Reventazón near Cairo in
Limón
,
Costa Rica
. After Nevermann’s death, the farm was purchased by a banana company, and its name is retained by the village of Hamburg, situated at approximately
10.246618°N
,
83.464285°W
”.
Remark (
III
):
Roewer (1949: 42)
originally considered the
holotype
as a male (also stated in the label,
Fig. 6E
). Close examination of the
holotype
revealed that, contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female. The
holotype
is stored in the same vial with
one female
paratype
(sex confirmed).
Remark (
IV
):
Kury (2003:248)
stated that the type series of
Panoplia reimoseri
are: “
SMF
RII
3879/87-6183/160, male
holotype
,
10 females
paratypes
”, but the type series is composed of the following specimens: female
holotype
and female
paratype
SMF
9903022-
RII
/3022/68-4, eight (8) female
paratypes
SMF
9903879-
RII
/3879/87-4,
one female
paratype
SMF
9906183-
RII
/6183/160-4 and
one female
paratype
SMF
9906406-
RII
/6406/170-4. All these collection numbers were also stated in the original description by
Roewer (1949: 42)
, but Roewer erroneously counted
11 specimens
instead of 12.