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)
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|
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,
|
||
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<collectingRegion id="49C1F831C97FFF9DFEF0FD43FE31FD41" box="[256,407,644,669]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
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,
|
||
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<quantity id="4CFD9B36C97FFF9DFE55FD43FE59FD40" box="[421,511,644,668]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" unit="m" value="1900.0">1900 m</quantity>
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</elevation>
|
||
, montane aloe scrub,
|
||
<collectingDate id="EFFFE9FBC97FFF9DFD0FFD43FCD7FD40" box="[767,881,644,668]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" value="1999-10-14">
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<date id="FFBB1013C97FFF9DFD0FFD43FCD7FD40" box="[767,881,644,668]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" value="1999-10-14">14.x.1999</date>
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</collectingDate>
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,
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||
<collectorName id="26F05305C97FFF9DFC70FD42FC4BFD41" box="[896,1005,644,669]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">D. Ubick</collectorName>
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||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="26F05305C97FFF9DFC0BFD43FBDBFD41" box="[1019,1149,644,669]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">S. Prinsloo</collectorName>
|
||
; 5 major males, 5
|
||
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|
||
males,
|
||
<collectorName id="26F05305C97FFF9DFF18FD60FE4FFD1C" box="[232,489,679,704]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="6BDEACA9C97FFF9DFF18FD60FE39FD1C" box="[232,415,679,704]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
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Misty
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||
</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
Hotel
|
||
</collectorName>
|
||
, ca
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B6D3C8EC97FFF9DFDEFFD6FFE60FD39" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1562860378" collectingDate="1996-12-03" collectingDateMax="1996-12-05" collectingDateMin="1996-12-03" collectorName="C. E. Griswold." country="Sri Lanka" elevation="1890" latitude="-25.166666" location="Lydenberg" longLatPrecision="1247" longitude="30.666666" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
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||
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|
||
E
|
||
<location id="8EDA6008C97FFF9DFD7AFD60FCA2FD1C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03AC87C5C97FFF9EFF67FEE0FBD1FD74:8EDA6008C97FFF9DFD7AFD60FCA2FD1C" box="[650,772,679,704]" country="Sri Lanka" latitude="-25.166666" longLatPrecision="1247" longitude="30.666666" name="Lydenberg" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">Lydenberg</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49C1F831C97FFF9DFCE1FD60FC0EFD1C" box="[785,936,679,704]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
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,
|
||
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<geoCoordinate id="EE315014C97FFF9DFBEAFD6FFBDCFD1C" box="[1050,1146,680,704]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" precision="925" value="30.666666">30°40’E</geoCoordinate>
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||
, el.
|
||
<elevation id="0028D1E0C97FFF9DFB5BFD6FFAA2FD63" box="[1195,1284,680,704]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.89" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" unit="m" value="1890.0">
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<quantity id="4CFD9B36C97FFF9DFB5BFD6FFAA2FD63" box="[1195,1284,680,704]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.89" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" unit="m" value="1890.0">1890 m</quantity>
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||
</elevation>
|
||
, in forest,
|
||
<collectingDate id="EFFFE9FBC97FFF9DFA70FD6FFEADFD39" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" value="1996-12-03" valueMax="1996-12-05" valueMin="1996-12-03">
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||
<date id="FFBB1013C97FFF9DFA70FD6FFEADFD39" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" value="1996-12-03" valueMax="1996-12-05" valueMin="1996-12-03">3– 5.xii.1996</date>
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||
</collectingDate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="26F05305C97FFF9DFEE6FD0BFE60FD39" box="[278,454,716,741]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">C. E. Griswold.</collectorName>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31F6558C97FFF9EFF37FD28FBD1FD74" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="247" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97FFF9DFF37FD28FF51FA69" blockId="8.[151,1437,500,2037]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
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||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFF37FD28FEFFFCD4" bold="true" box="[199,345,751,776]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFE90FD37FE43FCD4" box="[352,485,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Major male</emphasis>
|
||
as described by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97FFF9DFD55FD37FBECFCD4" author="Starega" box="[677,1098,751,776]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" refString="Starega, W. (2009) Some southern African species of the genus Rhampsinitus Simon (Opiliones: Phalangiidae). Zootaxa, 1981, 43 - 56." type="journal article" year="2009">Staręga (2009; see comments below)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFBA5FD37FB7CFCD4" box="[1109,1242,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFBA5FD37FB3DFCDB" box="[1109,1179,752,775]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="249" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
male
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(figs 4a, c, e–h). Body ovate; length 4.63–5.35. Carapace width 2.51–2.80, with scattered denticles including single median denticle on anterior margin, and transverse rows of denticles across mesopeltidium and metapeltidium. Eyemound with three or four pairs of large denticles. Opisthosomal surface granulate; tergites with transverse rows of denticles; posteriormost tergites with minute setae only. Venter mostly unarmed, with black setae; setae on coxae I and II raised on nodules.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFE99FC63FE42FC60" box="[361,484,932,956]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
(fig. 4c) short, robust, length of first segment 1.03–1.40, second segment 2.05–2.83; first segment with scattered denticles dorsally and ventrally, largely unarmed laterally; second segment unarmed with scattered black setae.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFE20FC2BFD93FBD8" box="[464,565,1004,1028]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Pedipalp</emphasis>
|
||
length of femur 1.77–2.93, patella 0.78–0.94, tibia 1.04–1.42, tarsus 2.15– 2.87; cluster of prominent bristle-bearing nodules on pedipalpal coxa directly below insertion of trochanter; numerous denticles dorsally and ventrally on trochanter and femur; remaining segments unarmed; patella without distinct apophysis; numerous black setae present along entire length of pedipalp, plumose setae absent; microtrichia present on entire length of tibia and tarsus.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFCE7FBBAFCEAFB48" box="[791,844,1149,1172]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Legs</emphasis>
|
||
long, BLI 1.95–2.16, with denticles on anterior and posterior faces of trochanters, longitudinal rows of denticles on femora; leg I with ventral longitudinal rows of small denticles from patella to metatarsus; remaining legs with ventral longitudinal row of small denticles proximally on tibia; remaining leg segments unarmed except ventral pairs of spine-like setae at distal margins of metatarsal and tarsal pseudosegments; femora and tibiae with pseudosegments absent. Length of femur I 5.42– 5.65, femur II 9.45–10.43, femur III 5.34–5.54, femur IV 7.26–7.79.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFC59FAF7FC41FA9B" box="[937,999,1328,1351]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Penis</emphasis>
|
||
(figs 4d–f) with hatchet-shaped glans, distal profile acute, point of reflexion of posterior margin in lateral view in proximal half; shaft flattened, broadening towards distal end to form distinct ‘spoon’ with markedly sclerotised margins, base moderately bulbous.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97FFF9DFF37FA07FC74F9FC" blockId="8.[151,1437,500,2037]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFF37FA07FEBDFA04" box="[199,283,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Female</emphasis>
|
||
(fig.
|
||
<date id="FFBB1013C97FFF9DFEAFFA78FED0FA04" box="[351,374,1471,1496]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">4i</date>
|
||
) as above, except:
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFDABFA07FD70FA04" box="[603,726,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
both segments unarmed with scattered black setae.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFAC7FA07FA3AFA04" box="[1335,1436,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Pedipalp</emphasis>
|
||
femur with black setae on raised nodules proximoventrally, pedipalp otherwise unarmed.
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFB7CFA22FB67FA20" box="[1164,1217,1509,1532]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Legs</emphasis>
|
||
I with longitudinal rows of denticles from femur to tibia, denticles becoming minute on tibia.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97FFF9DFF37F9EBFAD7F8C0" blockId="8.[151,1437,500,2037]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFF37F9EBFEB7F999" bold="true" box="[199,273,1580,1605]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Notes.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97FFF9DFEECF9EAFE79F999" author="Lawrence" box="[284,479,1580,1605]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1963) The Opiliones of the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 24, 275 - 304." type="journal article" year="1963">Lawrence (1963)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFD90F9EBFCD7F998" box="[608,881,1580,1604]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFD90F9EBFCD7F998" box="[608,881,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Rhampsinitus nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Mariepskop in what is now
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49C1F831C97FFF9DFAF8F9EBFF5BF9B4" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Mpumalanga province</collectingRegion>
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||
. The major males examined herein resemble his description in most particulars, including the arrangement of denticles on the second cheliceral segment and the extraordinarily long pedipalps, the femora of which may be up to 1.4× as long as the main body. They differ in being more noticeably denticulate on the pedipalpal femur which was originally described as ‘smooth except for a few minute spiculiform granules on ventral side’. Nevertheless, there can be little question that these specimens represent Lawrence’s original species. This appears to be a primarily montane species, with all known specimens collected at altitudes above
|
||
<quantity id="4CFD9B36C97FFF9DFAE5F8C3FACBF8C0" box="[1301,1389,1796,1820]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97FFF9FFF37F8E0FD30FA0B" blockId="8.[151,1437,500,2037]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,1290,2035]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="246" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
The specimens examined herein also correspond closely with Staręga’s (2009) description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFAF4F8EFFE91F8B8" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavobrunneus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFAF4F8EFFE91F8B8" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Rhampsinitus flavobrunneus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the two species are synonymised herein.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFCA7F88BFB3CF8B8" box="[855,1178,1868,1892]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavobrunneus">
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||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFCA7F88BFB3CF8B8" box="[855,1178,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Rhampsinitus flavobrunneus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described from a single specimen with the original collection locality given only as “
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3127643C97FFF9DFC75F8A8FB9EF854" box="[901,1080,1903,1928]" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">
|
||
Afrique du
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49C1F831C97FFF9DFBF8F8A8FB9EF854" box="[1032,1080,1903,1928]" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Unguja" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Sud</collectingRegion>
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||
</collectingCountry>
|
||
”; Staręga speculated that it may have been collected near Johannesburg. Staręga did not explicitly compare
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFC2BF852FB3CF870" box="[987,1178,1940,1964]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavobrunneus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFC2BF852FB3CF870" box="[987,1178,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">R. flavobrunneus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFB4CF852FAEEF870" box="[1212,1352,1940,1964]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFB4CF852FAEEF870" box="[1212,1352,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
though he did assign juvenile specimens from Mariepskop to the latter species in the same paper. However, one of the features highlighted in the description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97FFF9DFD71F81AFCE1F828" box="[641,839,2012,2036]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavobrunneus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97FFF9DFD71F81AFCE1F828" box="[641,839,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">R. flavobrunneus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was the ‘light yellow’ coloration of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE8871C97FFF9DFAEFF81BFA22F829" box="[1311,1412,2012,2037]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, whereas
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFF0DFACCFE2BFAFE" box="[253,397,1290,1314]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFF0DFACCFE2BFAFE" box="[253,397,1290,1314]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was originally described as black. The specimens examined herein, though mostly dark, show a range of coloration from dark to pale. One male that had recently moulted before collection (as indicated by its lack of sclerotisation) was a pale grey dorsally with the anterior part of the carapace light yellow and the legs cream-coloured. As has been described for other Phalangioidea (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97DFF9FFC7FFAB1FB86FA53" author="Shultz" box="[911,1056,1398,1423]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" refString="Shultz, J. W. (2008) Leiobunum nigripes is a junior synonym of Leiobunum verrucosum (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Journal of Arachnology, 36 (1), 184 - 186." type="journal article" year="2008">Shultz 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), it seems likely that the cuticle darkens in coloration as it hardens with maturity. The use of colour patterns in distinguishing species of Phalangioidea should be treated with caution.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97EFF9CFF67F846FD4DF82F" blockId="9.[151,1436,1921,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="245">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97EFF9CFF67F846FEB4F84A" bold="true" box="[151,274,1921,1943]" pageId="9" pageNumber="245">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97EFF9CFEE8F846FD12F84A" authority="Lawrence 1963" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1963" box="[280,692,1921,1943]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="9" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97EFF9CFEE8F846FDACF84B" box="[280,522,1921,1943]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="245">Rhampsinitus nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97EFF9CFDE0F846FD12F84A" bold="true" box="[528,692,1921,1942]" pageId="9" pageNumber="245">Lawrence 1963</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; A, C, E–H:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97EFF9CFCC7F846FCD5F84B" box="[823,883,1921,1943]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="9" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
male, Misty Mountain Hotel; B, D: major male, Misty Mountain Hotel; G: female, Mariepskop. A: body, male, dorsal view; B: body, major male, lateral view; C: body,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97EFF9CFAD1F858FAFBF869" box="[1313,1373,1951,1973]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="9" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
male, lateral view; D: right pedipalp, major male, lateral view; E: left chelicera,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97EFF9CFC7EF879FC6CF808" box="[910,970,1982,2004]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="9" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
male, lateral view; F: penis, left lateral view; G: glans, left lateral view; H: penis, dorsal view; I: female.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF7A665BC97DFF9FFF67FB4DFCAAFB01" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/583867/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" targetBox="[159,1426,201,1132]" targetPageId="10">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97DFF9FFF67FB4DFCAAFB01" blockId="10.[151,1437,1162,1245]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFF67FB4DFEB4FB43" bold="true" box="[151,274,1162,1184]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
A:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFEC8FB4DFD5CFB43" authority="Lawrence 1931" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1931" box="[312,762,1162,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFEC8FB4DFDF6FB7C" box="[312,592,1162,1184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">Rhampsinitus transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFDA6FB4DFD5CFB43" bold="true" box="[598,762,1162,1183]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">Lawrence 1931</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, major male, leg I, distal end of femur and patella, prolateral view. B:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFF46FB6DFE93FB62" box="[182,309,1192,1215]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFF46FB6DFE93FB62" box="[182,309,1192,1215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, major male, leg I, distal end of femur and patella, prolateral view. C–F:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFBD2FB6DFB35FB62" box="[1058,1171,1192,1215]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFBD2FB6DFB35FB62" box="[1058,1171,1192,1215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, male; C: dorsal view; D: lateral view: E, penis, dorsal view; F: penis, right lateral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97DFF9FFF37FA25FBF0F812" blockId="10.[151,1437,1290,2035]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">
|
||
The genital morphology of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFE0AFA24FD20FA26" box="[506,646,1506,1530]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFE0AFA24FD20FA26" box="[506,646,1506,1530]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is very similar to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFC6FFA24FBF3FA26" box="[927,1109,1506,1530]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFC6FFA24FBF3FA26" box="[927,1109,1506,1530]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as illustrated by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97DFF9FFAEBFA25FF42F9C3" author="Schonhofer" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" refString="Schonhofer, A. L. (2008) On harvestmen from the Soutpansberg, South Africa, with description of a new species of Monomontia (Arachnida: Opiliones). African Invertebrates, 49 (2), 109 - 126." type="journal article" year="2008">Schönhofer (2008)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and the known distributions of these species are in close proximity. Major males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFB53F9C0FA89F9C2" box="[1187,1327,1542,1566]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFB53F9C0FA89F9C2" box="[1187,1327,1542,1566]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may also resemble
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFEF4F9ECFE1DF99E" box="[260,443,1578,1602]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFEF4F9ECFE1DF99E" box="[260,443,1578,1602]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the apparent presence of an enlarged ventrolateral denticle row on the first cheliceral segment (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97DFF9FFEF9F989FE73F9BB" author="Schonhofer" box="[265,469,1614,1639]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" refString="Schonhofer, A. L. (2008) On harvestmen from the Soutpansberg, South Africa, with description of a new species of Monomontia (Arachnida: Opiliones). African Invertebrates, 49 (2), 109 - 126." type="journal article" year="2008">Schönhofer 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), though the degree of development and/or prominence of this feature may vary between individuals of both species. However, having examined specimens of both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFB56F9B4FA9DF956" box="[1190,1339,1650,1674]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFB56F9B4FA9DF956" box="[1190,1339,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFA74F9B4FE88F972" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFA74F9B4FE88F972" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see details of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFE2AF950FD37F972" box="[474,657,1686,1710]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFE2AF950FD37F972" box="[474,657,1686,1710]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
specimens in the Methods section above), I am disinclined to regard them as synonyms. Males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFE17F97CFD39F90E" box="[487,671,1722,1746]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFE17F97CFD39F90E" box="[487,671,1722,1746]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, even particularly large ones, usually have much shorter pedipalps than major males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFE70F918FDABF92A" box="[384,525,1758,1782]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFE70F918FDABF92A" box="[384,525,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with the pedipalpal femur much shorter than body length in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFB34F918FADDF92A" box="[1220,1403,1758,1782]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFB34F918FADDF92A" box="[1220,1403,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
vs close to or much longer than body length in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFD6EF8C4FC8BF8C6" box="[670,813,1794,1818]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFD6EF8C4FC8BF8C6" box="[670,813,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the pedipalps are never denticulate. The anterior margin of the carapace in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFE4FF8E0FDEAF8E2" box="[447,588,1830,1854]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFE4FF8E0FDEAF8E2" box="[447,588,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
bears a distinct median denticle whereas this is absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFB2EF8E0FA33F8E2" box="[1246,1429,1830,1854]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFB2EF8E0FA33F8E2" box="[1246,1429,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The most striking difference between the two species, however, is the presence in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFBB0F88CFB5EF8BE" box="[1088,1272,1866,1890]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFBB0F88CFB5EF8BE" box="[1088,1272,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
of an array of enlarged, distally-projecting denticles at the end of the proventral denticle row on femur I. In contrast, the denticles in the corresponding position in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFDF2F854FD28F876" box="[514,654,1938,1962]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFDF2F854FD28F876" box="[514,654,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are a similar size to or smaller than those on the remainder of the leg. This enlarged denticle array remains distinct even in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFD18F871FC8DF813" box="[744,811,1974,1999]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9FFC69F870FBE9F812" box="[921,1103,1974,1998]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9FFC69F870FBE9F812" box="[921,1103,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C97DFF9EFF37F81DFBD1FD74" blockId="10.[151,1437,1290,2035]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,151,680]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="247" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">
|
||
A similar arrangement of denticles on femur I was described by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97DFF9FFC66F81CFBF0F82E" author="Lawrence" box="[918,1110,2010,2034]" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1931) The harvest-spiders (Opiliones) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 29 (2), 341 - 508." type="journal article" year="1931">Lawrence (1931)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
for his species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97DFF9EFAF4F81DFF56FF6C" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="247" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="246" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavidus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97DFF9EFAF4F81DFF56FF6C" italics="true" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="247" pageId="10" pageNumber="246">Rhampsinitus flavidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFEC3FF5EFE10FF6C" box="[307,438,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFEC3FF5EFE10FF6C" box="[307,438,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which were distinguished from each other by coloration and slight differences in biometric proportions. Both had
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE8871C97CFF9EFDF3FF7AFD95FF09" box="[515,563,189,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">type</typeStatus>
|
||
localities in the near vicinity of Leydsdorp in
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49C1F831C97CFF9EFBC6FF7BFAAEFF09" box="[1078,1288,188,213]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">Limpopo province</collectingRegion>
|
||
, and it seems likely that they represent the same species. Two specimens from the neighbourhood of Tzaneen are identified herein as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFEF8FEC2FE2CFEC0" box="[264,394,260,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFEF8FEC2FE2CFEC0" box="[264,394,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see Methods section for details) but are also similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFBD2FEC3FBC3FEC1" box="[1058,1125,260,285]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFB2CFEC2FA33FEC0" box="[1244,1429,260,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFB2CFEC2FA33FEC0" box="[1244,1429,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Apart from being slightly more bulbous at the base of the shaft, the penis of these specimens is identical in size and appearance to that of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFE48FE8BFE5DFEB9" box="[440,507,332,357]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
male of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFD92FE8AFCBFFEB8" box="[610,793,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFD92FE8AFCBFFEB8" box="[610,793,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. There are some
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFC10FE8BFB85FEB9" box="[992,1059,332,357]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
||
differences in external armature: the chelicera of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFEBDFEB6FE6BFE54" box="[333,461,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFEBDFEB6FE6BFE54" box="[333,461,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has the second segment largely unarmed laterally and on the anterior face distally (vs more evenly denticulate in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFE2AFE52FD32FE70" box="[474,660,404,428]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFE2AFE52FD32FE70" box="[474,660,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and the denticle rows across the opisthosomal tergites are more irregular in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFED1FE7EFE04FE0C" box="[289,418,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFED1FE7EFE04FE0C" box="[289,418,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(though they are also somewhat irregular in the smallest specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFB13FE7EFA3AFE0C" box="[1251,1436,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFB13FE7EFA3AFE0C" box="[1251,1436,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from the Hanglip Forest). More notably, the
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFD4BFE1AFCE6FE28" box="[699,832,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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specimens have relatively longer appendages: the pedipalpal femur is more than half the body length vs somewhat less than half in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFBC7FDC6FB49FDC4" box="[1079,1263,512,536]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFBC7FDC6FB49FDC4" box="[1079,1263,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and they have proportionally longer legs than similarly sized individuals of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFC63FDE2FBF5FDE0" box="[915,1107,548,572]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFC63FDE2FBF5FDE0" box="[915,1107,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The relative status of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFA74FDE2FE88FDBC" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFA74FDE2FE88FDBC" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. transvaalicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFECDFD8EFE11FDBC" box="[317,439,584,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavidus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFECDFD8EFE11FDBC" box="[317,439,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. flavidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFE01FD8EFDD7FDBC" box="[497,625,584,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolor">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFE01FD8EFDD7FDBC" box="[497,625,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. unicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
remains uncertain pending the examination of further specimens. Also requiring re-examination is
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFE2CFDAAFCB0FD59" authority="Roewer 1916" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1916" box="[476,790,620,645]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="granarius">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFE2CFDAAFDCBFD58" box="[476,621,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. granarius</emphasis>
|
||
Roewer 1916
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, described by Roewer (1916) from a single male from Johannesburg, whose distinctiveness from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C97CFF9EFD86FD56FD48FD74" box="[630,750,656,680]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavidus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B971EAC1C97CFF9EFD86FD56FD48FD74" box="[630,750,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="247">R. flavidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was questioned by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C97CFF9EFC3BFD57FBD5FD74" author="Starega" box="[971,1139,656,680]" pageId="11" pageNumber="247" refString="Starega, W. (2009) Some southern African species of the genus Rhampsinitus Simon (Opiliones: Phalangiidae). Zootaxa, 1981, 43 - 56." type="journal article" year="2009">Staręga (2009)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |