Rediscovery of Lobonychiumpalpiplus Roewer, 1938 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae) in Sabah, Malaysia
Author
Zhang, Chao
Author
Martens, Jochen
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.26389
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.26389
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Lobonychium Roewer, 1938
Lobonychium
Roewer, 1938: 125.
Type species:
Lobonychium palpiplus
Roewer, 1938, by monotypy.
Etymology.
The name
Lobonychium
is derived from the Greek
λοβός
, meaning lobe of the ear, and the Latinized Greek onyx (genitive onychos), meaning claw.
Diagnosis.
Body, including ocularium, unarmed. Basichelicerite and tibia II elongate. Basichelicerite dorsally with conspicuous granules. Femur of pedipalp ventrally with a row of seven setiferous tubercles. Distitarsus I with two tarsomeres, distitarsus II with three. Double claws of tarsi
III-IV
with basal lobes, untoothed; no scopula. Ventral plate of penis forming a heart-shaped stereoscopic structure (ventral view, Fig. 28). Glans partially sunken into dorsally depressed portion of pars distalis (Fig. 26). Stylus with capsula interna sunken into capsula externa (Fig. 27).
Sexual dimorphism.
Tibia II in male distended at distal portion, but normal in female.
Remarks.
Within the subfamily
Epedaninae
,
Lobonychium
is morphologically similar to
Epedanidus
Roewer, 1943,
Metepedanulus
Roewer, 1913, and
Zepedanulus
Roewer, 1927 in having an unarmed body. Besides,
Lobonychium
and
Caletorellus
Roewer, 1938 have characteristic basal lobes or medial branches on double claws of tarsi
III-IV
(
Roewer 1938
: 125, 129, fig. 4
b-d
). However,
Lobonychium
is noticeably distinct from these epedanids by the pedipalp femur, medially with a row of seven setiferous tubercles.
Distribution.
The type locality is at or near the city of Pontianak (Fig. 36 A), Indonesia. The new records are from Malaysia, at Trus Madi Mountain (Fig. 36 B) and Kalabakan (Fig. 36 C).