Incidental notes on some Grassatorean (Arachnida: Opiliones) types of the Senckenberg Naturmuseum (SMF) harvestmen collection
Author
Pérez-González, Abel
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Author
Ayala-Apaza, Arli G.
Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María 15072, Lima, Perú
Author
Pereira, Maria Paula
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zootaxa
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2024-02-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.7
journal article
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Family
Agoristenidae
Type
name:
Micrisaeus gracillimus
Roewer, 1957
.
Specimen examined:
Holotype
SMF 9911421
-
RII/11421-4
(
Fig. 7
), from
PERU
,
Ucayali
,
Rio San Alejandro. Actions
:
New
allocation to family
Agoristenidae
.
FIGURE 7
.
Micrisaeus gracillimus
Roewer, 1957
, holotype SMF 9911421-RII/11421-4. A: dorsal view. B: label. Scale bar: 1mm. Up label text: 1 Palp lose. Down label text: Arachn. Coll. Rwr. - Lfd. No. 11421. Opil.: Phalangodinae, No. 250,
Micrisaeus gracillimus
Rwr, Genotypus
, 1♀, Peru: Rio San Alejandro, 300m. Weyrauch leg., Rwr. det. 1956.
Remark (I):
Roewer (1957)
originally described this genus and species as a member of
Phalangodidae
: Phalangodinae, but it was later removed to Grassatores
incertae sedis
by
Kury (2003)
. Herein we propose the
new transfer
of this species from Grassatores
incertae sedis
to the family
Agoristenidae (Gonyleptoidea)
. The habitus and the characteristically thinner leg I relative to all other legs (
Fig. 7A
) (see
Šilhavý 1973
for further morphological characteristics) leave no doubts about the family transference.
The visit to the
SMF
harvestmen collection yielded some important incidental observations that allowed us to propose two family transfers, determine the correct sex for
six types
, and designate
one lectotype
. We encourage other colleagues to publish their incidental observations as correspondences or short notes, to avoid the possibility that they will remain forever as unpublished data
.