Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine)
Author
Mitov, Plamen G.
Author
Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
Author
Dunlop, Jason A.
0000-0002-0179-6640
jason.dunlop@mfn.berlin
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-10
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Sabacon claviger
(
Menge, 1854
)
Figs 18–21
Material examined.
UKRAINE
:
SIZK
K-7898, from
Rovno
amber,
Rovno Oblast
(Region),
Sarny District
,
Klesov
,
Pugach
quarry; late Eocene. Syninclusions: stellate hairs/trichomes;
Isopoda
(Oniscoidea)
.
Description.
SIZK K-7898 (
Figs 18–19
) has a deformed body (L: 1.5), prosoma width: 1.0. Carapace smooth, with only a few setae. Opisthosomal dorsum ornamented by regular rows of black thorns (
Fig. 19
). Venter: surface of all coxae, genital operculum and sternites with a black spine-like setae; ocular tubercle: length 0.25, and width 0.375. Appendage article lengths: chelicerae: basal segment: 0.25, distal segment: 0.67, movable digit: 0.3; pedipalps: Fe: 0.62, Pa: 0.57, Ti: 0.92, Ta: 0.37; Leg I: Fe: 1.0, Pa: 0.5, Ti: 1.12, Mt: 1.45, Ta: 1.55; Leg II: Fe: 1.7, Pa: 0.62, Ti: 1.97, Mt: 2.32, Ta: 3.2; Leg III: Fe: 1.0, Pa: 0.42, Ti: 1.0, Mt: 1.62; Leg IV: Fe: 0.92, Pa: 0.45; part of the segments could not be measured correctly. Pedipalps inflated (
Figs 20–21
), trochanter, femur and patella with scattered spine-like setae; tibia and tarsus throughout with dense brush-like setae—probably plumose glandular as in modern species, see
Wolff
et al.
(2016)
—ventro-distally, tibia with a long seta (
Fig. 20
: arrow). All leg articles with black, scattered spine-like setae; patellae, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi with short setae; tarsi ending with a single claw.
Remarks.
The Eocene localities fit into the present range of
Sabacon
, namely SW Europe, Siberia,
Russia
(Primorye Province), the Himalayas,
India
,
China
,
Japan
,
Korea
and North America (see
Staręga 2002
;
Martens 2015
). It is noteworthy that the shape of the palpal tibia and tarsus in
Sabacon claviger
(
Figs 20–21
) is closest to that of males of European members of the genus (i.e.,
Sabacon viscayanum ramblaianum
Martens
and
Sabacon altomontanum
Martens
; e.g.,
Martens 1983
: figs 32, 48).