New familial assignment for two harvestmen species of the infraorder Grassatores (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)
Author
Pérez-González, Abel
text
Zootaxa
2011
2757
24
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.276746
efd4ee33-9178-415f-bfba-53b52b52c92c
1175-5326
276746
Waigeucola palpalis
Roewer, 1949
(
Figs 2
a–e)
Waigeucola palpalis
Roewer, 1949
: 59
, figs 115 a–h. [
Phalangodidae
: Samoinae]
Types
:
SMF 9908683 (ex RII/8683/6), one male
holotype
and one male
paratype
(examined).
Type
locality:
Indonesia
: Waigeo Island (“
Insel
Waigeu” in the original label).
Justification of the new familial assignment:
Waigeucola
Roewer, 1949
, is a monotypic genus originally described in
Phalangodidae
: Samoinae (
Roewer 1949
). The
type
species is
Waigeucola palpalis
by original designation. This species is hereby considered as a member of
Podoctidae
because it possesses the male genitalia typical of the family (
Figs 1
c–e) with the ventral plate deeply cleft and a well developed
follis
. Also, the tubercular bridge in the carapace (also called “ocular bridge” in
Kury & Machado 2009
) exhibited by this species (
Fig. 1
a–b) is considered a possible synapomorphy of
Podoctidae (Kury 2007)
. No evidence was found for placing this species in another existing podoctid genus, therefore it is transferred to this family with its original valid genus.