Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species
Author
Karaman, Ivo M.
D9CB321F-9F51-44BD-94F4-C31AC71A2E84
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
ivo.karaman@dbe.uns.ac.rs
Author
Mitov, Plamen G.
51489928-7A87-4E5C-B8DD-2395534A0405
Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
mitovplamen59@gmail.com
Author
Snegovaya, Nataly
A8192D8E-BC93-45ED-AA07-431185464EFA
Zoological Institute NAS of Azerbaijan, passage 1128, distr. 504, 1073 Baku, Azerbaijan.
snegovaya@yahoo.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-02-13
921
1
173
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2427/10741
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2427
2118-9773
10656519
675BD1B4-B0EA-4ED0-AEE0-033904DD9F39
Genus
Tirrenosiro
gen. nov.
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Type
species
Parasiro minor
Juberthie, 1958
.
Included species
Tirrenosiro minor
(
Juberthie, 1958
)
gen. et comb. nov.
and
T. axeli
gen. et sp. nov.
Fig. 6.
Pedipalp coxae.
A–C
.
Sironidae
.
D
.
Parasironidae
fam. nov.
A
.
Cyphophthalmus duricorius
Joseph, 1868
(CIK).
B
.
Siro rubens
Latreille, 1804
(CIK).
C
.
Neosiro exilis
(Hoffman, 1963) (CIK)
.
D
.
Ebrosiro coiffaiti
(
Juberthie, 1956
)
gen. et comb. nov.
(CIK).
Diagnosis
Distinguished by ovipositor setation and spermatopositor structure. Ovipositor terminal lobi short, as wide as two-thirds of their length; terminally with a long terminal and a short subterminal (dorsal) medio-distal setae, two long and two short laterodistal setae. Spermatopositor with wide conical digiti mobiles laterales and short simple digiti mobiles mediales. Integument wrinkled, with three-edged and four-edged protrusions bearing small oval first rank granules.
Etymology
The genus prefiX is derived from the Italian name of the Tyrrhenian Sea, as almost all known species of this genus live on the lands surrounding it. The suffiX is the name of the first described genus of Cypophthalmi,
Siro
. Gender masculine.