A new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the north-eastern states of India
Author
Giribet, Gonzalo
Author
Sharma, Prashant P.
Author
Bastawade, Deshbhushan B.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007
2007-12-07
151
4
663
670
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00347.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00347.x
0024-4082
0B5A56BB-6065-47A6-9EF4-997CA8E72784
MEGHALAYA
SPP.
Other material examined:
One female (
ZSI
) from Miao,
Arunāchal Pradesh
, Changlang District,
India
,
600 m
a.s.l., collected
6 March 1990
by D. B. Bastawade (this is the specimen reported by Bastawade in 1992). One male (
MHNG
) from Khasi Hills, between Mawsynram and Balat,
16 km
from Mawsynram,
Meghālaya
,
India
,
1000 m
a.s.l., collected
27 October 1978
by C. Besuchet and I. Löbl. One male (
MHNG
) from Khasi Hills, above Shillong, North face,
Meghālaya
,
India
,
1850–1950 m
a.s.l., collected
25 October 1978
by C. Besuchet and I. Löbl. One male (
MHNG
,
MCZ
DNA102051
)
from Tura trail (
25°30′28′′N
,
90°13′54′′E
), Tura Peak, West Garo Hills District,
Meghālaya
,
India
,
650 m
a.s.l., collected
14 October 2004
by G. Cuccodoro, C. Carlton, R. Leschen and D. Erne.
This material may well correspond to four new species: the one from Miao known only from a female specimen, and the other three from
Meghālaya
, known by a single male each. We prefer to postpone the description of these new species until more material becomes available for study.