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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FF61BAA2FEC58AA7" box="[151,358,400,424]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">Neoscotolemon lutzi</emphasis>
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, examined), with the same data as the holotype
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. •
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, not examined),
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.
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FF31B973FDA88954" bold="true" box="[199,523,577,603]" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">Other material examined.</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FCE6B954FC9A898F" box="[784,825,614,640]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">leg.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FF31B9B8FE9189AB" bold="true" box="[199,306,650,676]" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">Remark:</emphasis>
These specimens are considered to be co-specific with
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FC55B9B8FB2589AB" box="[931,1158,650,676]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">Neoscotolemon lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Compared side by side, we did not find differences between the female specimen and the female
<typeStatus id="681A8DABFFDDFFF4FC00B99CFBF589C7" box="[1014,1110,686,712]" pageId="50" pageNumber="159" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
that we examined from the type locality. The male specimen matches with the original description and illustrations provided in Goodnight &amp; Goodnight (1942) including the characteristic (and diagnostic) ocularium morphology.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B71E3309FFDDFFF4FF61BC74FE098CA8" blockId="50.[151,1436,1862,1959]" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FF61BC74FE838C51" bold="true" box="[151,288,1862,1886]" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">FIGURE 38.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDDFFF4FED1BC74FCF38C50" authority="(Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942)" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[295,848,1862,1887]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="50" pageNumber="159" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FED1BC74FE5E8C51" box="[295,509,1862,1886]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
(Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942)
</taxonomicName>
, male (USNM). AD. Habitus photos: A, B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Lateral view. E. Penis drawing, dorsal view. Stylus in green;
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDDFFF4FC39BC58FB958C8D" box="[975,1078,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="159">stragulum</emphasis>
in magenta. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; BD = 1 mm; E = 500 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="B71E3309FFDCFFF5FF61B8E6FD868F72" blockId="51.[151,1437,980,1149]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61B8E6FE8788E2" bold="true" box="[151,292,980,1005]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">FIGURE 39.</emphasis>
Geographical distribution of the genus
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FD3AB8E7FCCB88E2" box="[716,872,981,1005]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FC8FB8E7FBCD88E3" baseAuthorityName="Banks" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[889,1134,981,1005]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pictipes">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC8FB8E7FBCD88E3" box="[889,1134,981,1005]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon pictipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(sky blue circle),
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FAC3B8E7FA3F88E3" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" box="[1333,1436,981,1004]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armasi" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FAC3B8E7FA3F88E3" box="[1333,1436,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. armasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61B8CBFF5D8F1E" bold="true" box="[151,254,1017,1041]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9EE65260FFDCFFF5FF61B8CBFF5D8F1E" box="[151,254,1017,1041]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(orange star),
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FE64B8CBFDA38F1E" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[402,512,1017,1041]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FE64B8CBFDA38F1E" box="[402,512,1017,1041]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(yellow square),
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FD47B8CBFCB38F1E" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[689,784,1017,1041]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cotilla">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FD47B8CBFCB38F1E" box="[689,784,1017,1041]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. cotilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(red triangle), and
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FC24B8CBFBE38F1E" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Silhavy" baseAuthorityYear="1979" box="[978,1088,1017,1041]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vojtechi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC24B8CBFBE38F1E" box="[978,1088,1017,1041]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. vojtechi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(white circle) in Cuba;
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FAC7B8CBFA3F8F1E" baseAuthorityName="Packard" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1329,1436,1017,1041]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinifer">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FAC7B8CBFA3F8F1E" box="[1329,1436,1017,1041]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. spinifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(magenta hexagon) in Southern Florida, United States of America, Cayman Islands (unconfirmed record, indicated by a question mark), and Jamaica (doubtful record, indicated by a question and exclamation mark);
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FC02BF73FB2A8F56" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[1012,1161,1089,1113]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tancahensis">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC02BF73FB2A8F56" box="[1012,1161,1089,1113]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">N. tancahensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(green inverted triangle) in Yucatán Peninsula, México and Belize.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="B71E3309FFDCFFF5FF31BFFDFC938E92" blockId="51.[151,1437,1231,1977]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF31BFFDFD238FE6" bold="true" box="[199,640,1231,1257]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Justification of the new combination.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FD70BFFDFCC98FE6" authorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" authorityYear="1942" box="[646,874,1231,1257]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FD70BFFDFCC98FE6" box="[646,874,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by Goodnight &amp; Goodnight (1942) and was allocated under the genus
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FDDFBFC1FD758E02" box="[553,726,1267,1293]" genus="Nesocotolemon" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FDDFBFC1FD758E02" box="[553,726,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Nesocotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because of its similarity with
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FBC4BFC1FA9D8E02" baseAuthorityName="Banks" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[1074,1342,1267,1293]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pictipes">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FBC4BFC1FA9D8E02" box="[1074,1342,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon pictipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, mainly the presence of an
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FE9DBE25FE7D8E3E" box="[363,478,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">ocularium</emphasis>
with a strong median spiniform apophysis. This species was never revisited after the original description and thus it remained in this genus for more than 80 years. The examination of the
<typeStatus id="681A8DABFFDCFFF5FAC6BE09FAC88E5A" box="[1328,1387,1339,1365]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">types</typeStatus>
and additional material clearly shows that this species is not related with
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FC67BE6DFB388E76" baseAuthorityName="Banks" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[913,1179,1375,1401]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pictipes">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC67BE6DFB388E76" box="[913,1179,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon pictipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and does not belong to the genus
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FEFFBEB1FE158E92" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[265,438,1411,1437]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FEFFBEB1FE158E92" box="[265,438,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or to the
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FDD7BEB1FD3E8E92" authorityName="Sorensen" authorityYear="1886" box="[545,669,1411,1437]" pageId="51" pageNumber="109" rank="superFamily" superFamily="Samooidea">Samooidea</taxonomicName>
superfamily.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B71E3309FFDCFFF5FF31BE95FD278CB6" blockId="51.[151,1437,1231,1977]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
Based on morphological evidence, we propose the combination
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FC7DBE95FF7A8EEA" authority="(Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942)" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC7DBE95FBD68ECE" box="[907,1141,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
(Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF16BEF9FEC28EEA" bold="true" box="[224,353,1483,1509]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9EE65260FFDCFFF5FF16BEF9FEC28EEA" box="[224,353,1483,1509]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
to better reflect the phylogenetic affinities of this species and eliminate the spurious association with
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FF22BEDDFE228D06" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[212,385,1519,1545]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF22BEDDFE228D06" box="[212,385,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Males of
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FDF2BEDDFD508D06" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[516,755,1519,1545]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FDF2BEDDFD508D06" box="[516,755,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FD08BEDDFC218D06" bold="true" box="[766,898,1519,1545]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9EE65260FFDCFFF5FD08BEDDFC218D06" box="[766,898,1519,1545]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
lack the sexually dimorphic characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FF61BD21FEE78D22" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[151,324,1555,1581]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61BD21FEE78D22" box="[151,324,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
such as the enlarged pedipalp with remarkably enlarged tarsus and the modified metatarsus III (
<figureCitation id="2F9A2F8CFFDCFFF5FF69BD05FE8D8D5E" box="[159,302,1591,1617]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-173@50.[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 38. Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942), male (USNM). AD. Habitus photos: A, B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Lateral view. E. Penis drawing, dorsal view. Stylus in green; stragulum in magenta. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; BD = 1 mm; E = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14595929" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14595929/files/figure.png" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Fig. 38AD</figureCitation>
). Additionally,
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FE29BD05FD6E8D5E" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[479,717,1591,1617]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FE29BD05FD6E8D5E" box="[479,717,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not have widely separated eyes as in
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FB3EBD05FAD68D5E" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[1224,1397,1591,1617]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FB3EBD05FAD68D5E" box="[1224,1397,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; in
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FF61BD69FEE88D7A" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1923" box="[151,331,1627,1653]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61BD69FEE88D7A" box="[151,331,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the eyes are close together and clearly associated with a rounded
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FB96BD69FB708D7A" box="[1120,1235,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">ocularium</emphasis>
near the anterior border of the carapace (
<figureCitation id="2F9A2F8CFFDCFFF5FE5ABD4DFDC38D96" box="[428,608,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-173@50.[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 38. Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942), male (USNM). AD. Habitus photos: A, B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Lateral view. E. Penis drawing, dorsal view. Stylus in green; stragulum in magenta. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; BD = 1 mm; E = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14595929" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14595929/files/figure.png" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Fig. 38A, B, D</figureCitation>
). The cheliceral
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FCD4BD4DFCFF8D96" box="[802,860,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">bulla</emphasis>
also exhibits strong differences because, contrary to
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FF40BD91FEC08DB2" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[182,355,1699,1725]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF40BD91FEC08DB2" box="[182,355,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Neoscotolemon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FE6BBD91FE748DB2" box="[413,471,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">bulla</emphasis>
is short and well-marked (as is commonly observed in Zalmoxoidea) (
<figureCitation id="2F9A2F8CFFDCFFF5FAF5BD91FA338DB2" box="[1283,1424,1699,1725]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-173@50.[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 38. Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942), male (USNM). AD. Habitus photos: A, B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Lateral view. E. Penis drawing, dorsal view. Stylus in green; stragulum in magenta. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; BD = 1 mm; E = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14595929" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14595929/files/figure.png" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Fig. 38B, D</figureCitation>
). Moreover,
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FEF9BDF5FE548DEE" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[271,503,1735,1761]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FEF9BDF5FE548DEE" box="[271,503,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not exhibit the same male genital morphology that characterizes
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FB13BDF5FA3A8DEE" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1912" box="[1253,1433,1735,1761]" class="Arachnida" genus="Neoscotolemon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Neoscotolemon</taxonomicName>
. In
<taxonomicName id="70A1488AFFDCFFF5FF4FBDD9FE048C0A" authorityName="Pérez-González &amp; Mamani &amp; Proud" authorityYear="2025" baseAuthorityName="Goodnight &amp; Goodnight" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[185,423,1771,1797]" class="Arachnida" genus="Metapellobunus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutzi">
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF4FBDD9FE048C0A" box="[185,423,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the male genitalia lack the apical
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FCCDBDD9FCD58C0A" box="[827,886,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">calyx</emphasis>
, dorsal neckline and laminar conductors that is exhibited by
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FED1BC3DFE7E8C26" box="[295,477,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">
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;
</emphasis>
instead,
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FDC9BC3DFC8A8C26" box="[575,809,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits a
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC56BC3DFBF28C26" box="[928,1105,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">capsula externa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
modified in a well-developed
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61BC01FEAA8C42" box="[151,265,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">stragulum</emphasis>
and a ventral plate with a wide and laterally protected
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FC60BC01FBE48C42" box="[918,1095,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">lamina apicalis</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="2F9A2F8CFFDCFFF5FBACBC01FB608C42" box="[1114,1219,1843,1869]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-173@50.[151,1435,842,1837]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 38. Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight &amp; Goodnight, 1942), male (USNM). AD. Habitus photos: A, B. Dorsal view; C. Ventral view; D. Lateral view. E. Penis drawing, dorsal view. Stylus in green; stragulum in magenta. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; BD = 1 mm; E = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14595929" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14595929/files/figure.png" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Fig. 38E</figureCitation>
). The male genital morphology of
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FEB3BC65FD938C7E" box="[325,560,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus lutzi</emphasis>
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shows strong similarities with the male genital morphology of the Grassatores
<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FF61BC4EFE968C9A" box="[151,309,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">incertae sedis</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="85D5EF1BFFDCFFF5FEB1BC49FDC68C9A" box="[327,613,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="160">Metapellobunus unicolor</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D3304EF8FFDCFFF5FD80BC49FC868C9A" author="Roewer, C. F." box="[630,805,1915,1941]" pageId="51" pageNumber="160" pagination="1 - 242" refId="ref29454" refString="Roewer, C. F. (1912 a) Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores. (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Berlin, Abt. A, Original-Arbeiten, 78 (3), 1 - 242." type="journal article" year="1912">Roewer, 1912a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
(pers. obs.), a harvestman species described from St. Thomas,
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, Lesser Antilles.
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