Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species
Author
Sharma, Prashant P.
Author
Kury, Adriano B.
Author
Giribet, Gonzalo
text
Zootaxa
2011
2972
37
58
journal article
47203
10.5281/zenodo.206628
edfa19b9-1107-4839-a098-e25b9f814bf1
1175-5326
206628
Gjellerupia minima
Roewer, 1915
, restored combination
Gjellerupia minima
Roewer, 1915
, p. 20–21, fig. 10; 1923, p. 107–109, fig. 108–109; 1949a, p. 29.
Gjellerupiola minima
:
Roewer, 1949a
, p. 29, fig. 43.
Zalmoxis minima
:
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957
, p. 81–83 [junior secondary homonym of
Zalmoxis minimus
Roewer, 1912
].
Record.
*Wilhelmshafen [Madang,
Papua New Guinea
].
Remarks.
This species was originally described from a single male
holotype
specimen by
Roewer (1915)
as having a tarsal formula of 4: 7:?: 7. Subsequently, Roewer made this species the
type
of the new genus
Gjellerupiola
(
Roewer, 1949a
)
, and changed the counts of the tarsalia to 3:>6: 5: 6. It is the interpretation of the authors that Roewer attempted to correct an error in the original description (
Roewer, 1915
; reiterated by
Roewer, 1923
), but did so by erecting a new monotypic genus without justification.
Goodnight & Goodnight (1957)
later synonymized
Gjellerupiola
with
Zalmoxis
, but neglected to designate a new specific epithet (the validity of the earlier described
Zalmoxis minima
Roewer, 1912
resulted in a preoccupation), resulting in two species with the name "
Zalmoxis minima
." We observe that this species and
Gjellerupia neoguinensis
Roewer, 1913
have similar habitus, armature and shape, suggesting that they are congenerics. Consequently, we correct the homonymy by restoring
Gjellerupia minima
Roewer, 1915
.