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can be differentiated from all other
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genera on the basis of penis morphology, having a combination of two pairs of relatively thick lateral setae on the glans, a cylindrical, basally widening glans, and an elongate stylus arising apically. Morphologically the new genus is most similar to
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from the Pacific Northwest of North America but can be distinguished by several characters. First, in spination of the penis: in
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two pairs of apical setae on the penis are thick and at a 90˚ or larger angle to the stylus, whereas in
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: figs 78). Second, the shape of the glans: in
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the glans is almost cylindrical, with a wide, blunt apex and with the stylus arising sub-terminally, while in
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the glans is more triangular, with a more pointed apex and a stylus arising terminally. Third, in spination of the pedipalpal femur:
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<emphasis id="C0FAEAABFFD3BE38FD3BFB3BFBB6FB4F" bold="true" box="[1048,1126,1226,1252]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DBC957D0FFD3BE38FD3BFB3BFBB6FB4F" box="[1048,1126,1226,1252]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" rank="genus">gen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has multiple distal SBTs on the ventral surface at the distal end (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FB0FFB1FFD43FAA2" box="[556,659,1262,1289]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 15" captionStart-1="FIGURES 615" captionStartId-0="2.[151,264,1927,1951]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,264,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox-0="[229,1358,285,1892]" captionTargetBox-1="[265,1325,191,1785]" captionTargetId-0="figure-50@2.[218,1369,273,1904]" captionTargetId-1="figure-19@3.[254,1334,181,1800]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 15. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604). 1 Body, lateral. 23 Left chelicera (2 ental, 3 ectal). 4 Cheliceral fingers, frontal. 5 Left pedipalp, ectal. Scale bars: 1 mm (1, 5); 0.5 mm (23); 0.25 mm (4)." captionText-1="FIGURES 615. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (611: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratypes (1213: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605, 14: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0616, 15: MHBU-Opi-20ZC1205). 6 Left pedipalp, ental. 7 Body, dorsal. 8 Sternum, leg coxae IIV and palpal coxae (genital operculum removed). 9 Genital operculum. 1011 Right tarsal claw IV (10 lateral, 11 dorsal). 1213 Right tarsal claw III (12 lateral, 13 dorsal). 14 Opisthosoma, lateral. 15 Midgut, dorsal. Abbreviations: D1—first primary diverticula, OD2—opisthosomal diverticula 2, OD3—opisthosomal diverticula 3. Scale bars: 1 mm (67, 14); 0.5 mm (8, 15); 0.25 mm (913)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928653" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928657" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4928653/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4928657/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 56</figureCitation>
), while
<taxonomicName id="358E4D3AFFD3BE38FBCFFB1FFC51FAA3" authorityName="Briggs" authorityYear="1974" box="[748,897,1262,1288]" class="Arachnida" family="Travuniidae" genus="Speleonychia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C0FAEAABFFD3BE38FBCFFB1FFC51FAA3" box="[748,897,1262,1288]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Speleonychia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has only a single SBT (
<bibRefCitation id="961F4B48FFD3BE38FDAFFB1FFACBFAA3" author="Briggs, T. S." box="[1164,1307,1262,1288]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" pagination="205 - 214" refId="ref4783" refString="Briggs, T. S. (1974) Troglobitic harvestmen recently discovered in North American lava tubes (Travuniidae, Erebomastridae, Triaenonychidae: Opiliones). The Journal of Arachnology, 1 (3), 205 - 214." type="journal article" year="1974">Briggs 1974</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 2).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BA946532FFD3BE38F9E4FAE3FABFFA33" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="F23136B9FFD3BE38F9E4FAE3FABFFA33" blockId="1.[151,1437,901,1684]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">
<emphasis id="C0FAEAABFFD3BE38F9E4FAE3FE9EFA87" bold="true" box="[199,334,1298,1324]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic name is composed of “Sino”, derived from the Latin word “Sinae” (from the Ancient Greek “Σῖναι”) which generally refers to
<collectingCountry id="8A997629FFD3BE38FB4AFAC7FD7FFAFB" box="[617,687,1334,1360]" name="China" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">China</collectingCountry>
, and of the Latin noun “onyx” (from the Ancient Greek “ὄνῠχος”) meaning claw, a common name applied to many travunioid and triaenonychoid genera. The second part of the new genus name also indicates morphological similarity with the genus
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<emphasis id="C0FAEAABFFD3BE38FAAAFA8FFBCEFA33" box="[905,1054,1406,1432]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Speleonychia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The genus name is feminine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BA946532FFD3BE38F9E4FA50FA97F93F" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" type="description">
<paragraph id="F23136B9FFD3BE38F9E4FA50FA97F93F" blockId="1.[151,1437,901,1684]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">
<emphasis id="C0FAEAABFFD3BE38F9E4FA50FE89FA10" bold="true" box="[199,345,1441,1467]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Description.</emphasis>
Highly troglomorphic with unpigmented body (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FA5FFA53FBD1FA17" box="[892,1025,1442,1468]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 2227" captionStart-1="FIGURES 2831" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1891,1915]" captionStartId-1="7.[151,264,1421,1445]" captionTargetBox-0="[154,1434,452,1865]" captionTargetBox-1="[154,1434,453,1398]" captionTargetId-0="figure-148@5.[154,1434,452,1867]" captionTargetId-1="figure-174@7.[154,1434,453,1398]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionText-0="FIGURES 2227. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., male holotype (2224: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female allotype (2527: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605), photographs of body and parts of appendages (22, 25 dorsal; 23, 26 lateral; 24, 27 ventral). Scale bars: 1 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 2831. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., photographs of body and parts of appendages of four female paratypes (MHBU-Opi-18ZC06080611), dorsal. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (30); 1 mm (2829); 2 mm (31)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928663" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928665" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4928663/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4928665/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 2231</figureCitation>
). Ocularium greatly reduced in size, smooth, set back from anterior margin of carapace; eyes and retinae completely absent (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FDB5FA37FB30FA4B" box="[1174,1248,1478,1504]" captionStart="FIGURES 15" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1927,1951]" captionTargetBox="[229,1358,285,1892]" captionTargetId="figure-50@2.[218,1369,273,1904]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 15. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604). 1 Body, lateral. 23 Left chelicera (2 ental, 3 ectal). 4 Cheliceral fingers, frontal. 5 Left pedipalp, ectal. Scale bars: 1 mm (1, 5); 0.5 mm (23); 0.25 mm (4)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928653" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928653/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FDD2FA37FAECFA4B" box="[1265,1340,1478,1504]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 2227" captionStart-1="FIGURES 2831" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1891,1915]" captionStartId-1="7.[151,264,1421,1445]" captionTargetBox-0="[154,1434,452,1865]" captionTargetBox-1="[154,1434,453,1398]" captionTargetId-0="figure-148@5.[154,1434,452,1867]" captionTargetId-1="figure-174@7.[154,1434,453,1398]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionText-0="FIGURES 2227. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., male holotype (2224: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female allotype (2527: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605), photographs of body and parts of appendages (22, 25 dorsal; 23, 26 lateral; 24, 27 ventral). Scale bars: 1 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 2831. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., photographs of body and parts of appendages of four female paratypes (MHBU-Opi-18ZC06080611), dorsal. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (30); 1 mm (2829); 2 mm (31)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928663" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928665" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4928663/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4928665/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">2231</figureCitation>
). Dorsal scutum of the “eta” (η) category of
<bibRefCitation id="961F4B48FFD3BE38FB00FA1BFCEAF9AE" author="Kury, A. B. &amp; Medrano, M." box="[547,826,1514,1541]" pageId="1" pageNumber="88" pagination="130 - 134" refId="ref5371" refString="Kury, A. B. &amp; Medrano, M. (2016) Review of terminology for the outline of dorsal scutum in Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa, 4097 (1), 130 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4097.1.9" type="journal article" year="2016">Kury &amp; Medrano (2016)</bibRefCitation>
. Genital operculum nearly triangular (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FDC7FA1BFAF8F9AF" box="[1252,1320,1514,1540]" captionStart="FIGURES 615" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[265,1325,191,1785]" captionTargetId="figure-19@3.[254,1334,181,1800]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 615. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (611: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratypes (1213: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605, 14: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0616, 15: MHBU-Opi-20ZC1205). 6 Left pedipalp, ental. 7 Body, dorsal. 8 Sternum, leg coxae IIV and palpal coxae (genital operculum removed). 9 Genital operculum. 1011 Right tarsal claw IV (10 lateral, 11 dorsal). 1213 Right tarsal claw III (12 lateral, 13 dorsal). 14 Opisthosoma, lateral. 15 Midgut, dorsal. Abbreviations: D1—first primary diverticula, OD2—opisthosomal diverticula 2, OD3—opisthosomal diverticula 3. Scale bars: 1 mm (67, 14); 0.5 mm (8, 15); 0.25 mm (913)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928657" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928657/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Sternum elongate and narrowly triangular (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FB3CF9FFFDB6F983" box="[543,614,1550,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 615" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[265,1325,191,1785]" captionTargetId="figure-19@3.[254,1334,181,1800]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 615. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (611: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratypes (1213: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605, 14: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0616, 15: MHBU-Opi-20ZC1205). 6 Left pedipalp, ental. 7 Body, dorsal. 8 Sternum, leg coxae IIV and palpal coxae (genital operculum removed). 9 Genital operculum. 1011 Right tarsal claw IV (10 lateral, 11 dorsal). 1213 Right tarsal claw III (12 lateral, 13 dorsal). 14 Opisthosoma, lateral. 15 Midgut, dorsal. Abbreviations: D1—first primary diverticula, OD2—opisthosomal diverticula 2, OD3—opisthosomal diverticula 3. Scale bars: 1 mm (67, 14); 0.5 mm (8, 15); 0.25 mm (913)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928657" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928657/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). Pedipalps thin, elongate, lacking pigment, with thin SBTs (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FC04F9FFFA40F982" box="[1319,1424,1550,1577]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 15" captionStart-1="FIGURES 615" captionStartId-0="2.[151,264,1927,1951]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,264,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox-0="[229,1358,285,1892]" captionTargetBox-1="[265,1325,191,1785]" captionTargetId-0="figure-50@2.[218,1369,273,1904]" captionTargetId-1="figure-19@3.[254,1334,181,1800]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 15. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604). 1 Body, lateral. 23 Left chelicera (2 ental, 3 ectal). 4 Cheliceral fingers, frontal. 5 Left pedipalp, ectal. Scale bars: 1 mm (1, 5); 0.5 mm (23); 0.25 mm (4)." captionText-1="FIGURES 615. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (611: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratypes (1213: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605, 14: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0616, 15: MHBU-Opi-20ZC1205). 6 Left pedipalp, ental. 7 Body, dorsal. 8 Sternum, leg coxae IIV and palpal coxae (genital operculum removed). 9 Genital operculum. 1011 Right tarsal claw IV (10 lateral, 11 dorsal). 1213 Right tarsal claw III (12 lateral, 13 dorsal). 14 Opisthosoma, lateral. 15 Midgut, dorsal. Abbreviations: D1—first primary diverticula, OD2—opisthosomal diverticula 2, OD3—opisthosomal diverticula 3. Scale bars: 1 mm (67, 14); 0.5 mm (8, 15); 0.25 mm (913)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928653" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928657" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4928653/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4928657/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 56</figureCitation>
). Legs extremely long, thin, and lacking pigment. Claws IIIIV with peltonychium (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FD18F9C3FB6EF9E7" box="[1083,1214,1586,1612]" captionStart="FIGURES 615" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1824,1848]" captionTargetBox="[265,1325,191,1785]" captionTargetId="figure-19@3.[254,1334,181,1800]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 615. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (611: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratypes (1213: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605, 14: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0616, 15: MHBU-Opi-20ZC1205). 6 Left pedipalp, ental. 7 Body, dorsal. 8 Sternum, leg coxae IIV and palpal coxae (genital operculum removed). 9 Genital operculum. 1011 Right tarsal claw IV (10 lateral, 11 dorsal). 1213 Right tarsal claw III (12 lateral, 13 dorsal). 14 Opisthosoma, lateral. 15 Midgut, dorsal. Abbreviations: D1—first primary diverticula, OD2—opisthosomal diverticula 2, OD3—opisthosomal diverticula 3. Scale bars: 1 mm (67, 14); 0.5 mm (8, 15); 0.25 mm (913)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928657" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928657/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 1013</figureCitation>
). Penis truncus thin and elongate, musculature restricted to its base (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FB93F9A7FCD3F9DA" box="[688,771,1622,1649]" captionStart="FIGURES 1621" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[298,1297,192,1879]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[283,1303,181,1883]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1621. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (1619: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratype (2021: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605). 16 Penis, lateral. 1719 Distal part of penis (17 ventral, 18 dorsal, 19 lateral). 2021 Ovipositor (20 ventral, 21 dorsal). Scale bars: 0.5 mm (16); 0.25 mm (2021); 0.125 mm (1719)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928659" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928659/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
); glans articulated with truncus, with two pairs of setae, the more distal pair being smaller than the other pair; stylus elongate, arising apically from glans (
<figureCitation id="6AB52A3CFFD3BE38FD94F98BFAEAF93F" box="[1207,1338,1658,1684]" captionStart="FIGURES 1621" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[298,1297,192,1879]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[283,1303,181,1883]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1621. Sinonychia martensi gen. n. &amp; sp. n., holotype male (1619: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0604) and female paratype (2021: MHBU-Opi-18ZC0605). 16 Penis, lateral. 1719 Distal part of penis (17 ventral, 18 dorsal, 19 lateral). 2021 Ovipositor (20 ventral, 21 dorsal). Scale bars: 0.5 mm (16); 0.25 mm (2021); 0.125 mm (1719)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928659" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4928659/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="88">Figs 1719</figureCitation>
).
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