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 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-02-13 921 1 173 209 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. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A0F0F998-4D37-4160-B1D1-764BD7F5EC5C 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.