A taxonomic revision of the family Oncopodidae VI. Martensiellus, a new genus from Borneo, and the discovery of a tarsal pore organ in Oncopodidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)
Author
Schwendinger, Peter J.
text
Zootaxa
2006
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174076
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Martensiellus
n. g.
Type
species
.
Martensiellus tenuipalpus
n. sp.
Etymology
. The generic name (male in gender) is derived from the name “Martens”.
Diagnosis
. The new genus is characterized by the following combination of characters: 1. The penis carries an expandable, distaddirected glans in which the median plate lies dorsally of the lateral sclerites (
Figs 11–17
). The same is found in
Biantoncopus
Martens & Schwendinger
, whereas in the distaddirected glans of
Palaeoncopus
Martens & Schwendinger
the plate lies ventral to the sclerites. 2. A dorsal pore is present on tarsi of legs I and II, as is also the case in
Palaeoncopus
and
Caenoncopus
. In
Oncopus
dorsal pores are present on all leg tarsi. In
Gnomulus
Thorell
and
Biantoncopus
tarsal pores are absent. 3. The tarsal formula is 1122 (as in
Caenoncopus cuspidatus
), all tarsi/ tarsomeres are large. In lateral view the undivided tarsi of legs I and II in
Martensiellus
n. g.
are ovoid, clearly longer than deep (
Figs 6–7
), whereas in
Caenoncopus
they both are semiglobular and clearly deeper than long (see
Martens & Schwendinger 1998
: fig. 4c). In
Oncopus
(see
Thorell 1891
: figs 34–35) and, less distinctly so, in
Palaeoncopus
the tarsus of leg I is slightly longer than deep and the tarsus of leg II slightly deeper than long. Tarsomeres of legs III and IV in
Martensiellus
n. g.
are fairly long and large, only slightly less deep than the corresponding metatarsi in their proximal portion (
Figs 8–9
). This is also the case in
Gnomulus
(see
Silhavy 1962
: fig. 4) and
Biantoncopus
(see
Martens & Schwendinger 1998
: fig. 69), whereas in
Caenoncopus
(see
Martens & Schwendinger 1998
: figs 4b, d) and
Palaeoncopus
the tarsomeres of legs III and IV are short and small, only about half as deep as the corresponding metatarsi.
Species account and distribution
. At the moment only one species from central
Sarawak
can be unequivocally attributed to the new genus. Females of two different species from eastern
Sarawak
and southern Kalimantan (see paragraph “
Martensiellus
n. g. spp.
”) presumably also belong there, but generic placement without males is uncertain. Several more species of this new genus are expected to occur in different parts of Borneo.