Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
Author
Taylor, Christopher K.
Author
Probert, Anna
text
ZooKeys
2014
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37
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.434.7486
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.434.7486
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Taxon classification Animalia Opiliones Neopilionidae
Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932)
Macropsalis fabulosa
Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932: 731-733, fig. p. 732.
Megalopsalis fabulosa
(Phillipps & Grimmett) -
Forster 1944
: 186-187, figs 10-11 (misidentification of
Forsteropsalis inconstans
).
Megalopsalis tumida
Forster 1944
: 188-189, figs 4-6 syn. n.
Forsteropsalis fabulosa
(Phillipps & Grimmett) -
Taylor 2011
: 51, figs 99-101,
2012
: 49.
Forsteropsalis tumida
(Forster) -
Taylor 2011
: 60-61, figs 124-127.
Comments.
Forsteropsalis fabulosa
and
Forsteropsalis tumida
were distinguished in
Taylor (2011)
solely by the degree of dilation of the second cheliceral segment, with the latter supposedly more inflated in
Forsteropsalis tumida
than in
Forsteropsalis fabulosa
. A number of species of
Forsteropsalis
and its sister genus
Pantopsalis
are now known to vary in cheliceral dilation (
Taylor 2004
,
2011
,
2013
, and see
Forsteropsalis photophaga
below).
Forsteropsalis fabulosa
and
Forsteropsalis tumida
were both described from the Wellington district, and there seems to no longer be any justification for separating them as different species.
Forsteropsalis tumida
is therefore regarded herein as a junior synonym of
Forsteropsalis fabulosa
(syn. n.).