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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439" ID-GBIF-Dataset="dae4ece1-a5a6-4e1d-8121-53672e946970" ID-PMC="PMC3800822" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-328-59" ID-PubMed="24146548" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2013" ModsDocID="1313-2970-328-59" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 328" ModsDocTitle="Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species" checkinTime="1451246982575" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Taylor, Christopher K." docDate="2013" docId="C548A5D2D104B133B9BCFA65B0A78AF7" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 328: 59-117" docOrigin="ZooKeys 328" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439" docTitle="Megalopsalis atrocidiana Taylor, 2013, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="77" masterDocId="DB53CC7BFF8FA05DFFA3FFDBFFF4FFC0" masterDocTitle="Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species" masterLastPageNumber="117" masterPageNumber="59" pageNumber="74" updateTime="1668156393602" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Taylor, Christopher K.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:number>328</mods:number>
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<mods:start>59</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-328-59</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152047440" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:10CF153B-F43C-4FFE-9511-EC6BE7320776" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C548A5D2D104B133B9BCFA65B0A78AF7" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="77" pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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<subSubSection pageId="15" pageNumber="74" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/10CF153B-F43C-4FFE-9511-EC6BE7320776" class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="15" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="15" pageNumber="74">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 8, 9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="a–c">a-c</normalizedToken>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="15" pageNumber="74" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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Male holotype. Central Queensland, Mt Dalrymple,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-21.05">21°03'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="148.63333">148°38'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1200 m, 21 December 1992-10 January 1993, ANZSES Expedition, flight intercept trap (QM S35935).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">Paratype. 1 female, ditto (QM S35935).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="15" pageNumber="74" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="15" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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differs from all other long-legged
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="15" pageNumber="74" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Enantiobuninae">Enantiobuninae</taxonomicName>
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in the presence of transverse rows of spines on the opisthosoma (Fig. 8a); these are present in reduced form in the females as well as the males.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="74">
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Figure 8.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="15" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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(all QM S35935): a body of male, dorsal view b body of male, lateral view c body of female, dorsal view d glans, ventral view e glans, right lateral view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="77" pageId="16" pageNumber="75" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="75">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="16" pageNumber="75" start="start">Description</pageBreakToken>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="75">MALE (N = 1). Prosomalength 2.18, width 1.26; total body length 2.66. Body medium brown; darker mottling on prosoma. Dorsal prosomal plate sharply denticulate; denticles along posterior margins of prosomal segments. Lateral spines on each side of metapeltidium. Ocularium with high spines. Ozopore large. Opisthosoma with transverse rows of spines on raised mounds along midlines of first four segments. Coxae golden brown with dark brown patches distally; venter of opisthosoma light grey-brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="75">Chelicerae. Segment I 1.40, segment II 2.53. Segment II darker than segment I; distal end of segment I white. Both segments evenly denticulate. Cheliceral fingers long, mobile finger angular crescent-shaped.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="17" pageNumber="76" start="start">Pedipalps</pageBreakToken>
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. Femur 1.15, patella 0.53, tibia 0.63, tarsus 1.42. Proximal half of femur brown, distal half of femur to tibia white, tarsus tan. Unarmed; no apophysis on patella. Plumose setae present medially (Fig. 9c). Microtrichia on distal three-quarters of tarsus; claw with ventral tooth-row.
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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Figure 9.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="17" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis coronata" order="Opiliones" pageId="17" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coronata">Megalopsalis coronata</taxonomicName>
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, SEM images: a
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="17" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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, spiracle b same, close-up of lateral corner c
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis atrocidiana" order="Opiliones" pageId="17" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrocidiana">Megalopsalis atrocidiana</taxonomicName>
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, right pedipalp, medial view of patella and tibia, showing plumose setae d
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis coronata" order="Opiliones" pageId="17" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coronata">Megalopsalis coronata</taxonomicName>
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, left pedipalp, medial view of distal end of patella, showing mixture of plumose and non-plumose setae.
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="76">Legs. Femora -, 6.77, 3.48, 5.41; patellae -, 1.19, 1.01, 1.11; tibiae -, 7.89, 3.24, 5.03. Golden brown. Trochanters with robust spines on prolateral face. Leg I not preserved. Femora of remaining legs denticulate; patellae with longitudinal rows of small denticles; remaining segments unarmed. Tibia II with seven or eight pseudosegments; tibia IV undivided.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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Penis (Figs 8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d–e">d-e</normalizedToken>
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). Left anterior bristle group slightly reduced, remaining bristle groups well developed. Glans of medium length, edges converging in ventral view.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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Spiracle (Figs 9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="a–b">a-b</normalizedToken>
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). Dense curtain of robust reticulate spines extending partway across spiracle; terminations of spines multifurcate but not palmate; lace tubercles in lateral corner, with small number of reticulate spines at lateral end of posterior margin.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="77" pageId="17" pageNumber="76">
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FEMALE (Fig. 8c; N = 1). Prosoma length 1.5, width 2.3; total body length 3.48. Anterior propeltidial area tan, remainder of propeltidium mottled medium brown. Ocularium with row of denticles on each side. Mesopeltidium medially medium
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="77" start="start">brown</pageBreakToken>
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, laterally tan with black mottling; small denticles medially. Metapeltidium and first three segments of opisthosoma medially medium brown with black patches on edge of medial area, laterally tan mottled with black. Metapeltidium and first four segments of opisthosoma with transverse rows of small denticles. Posterior part of opisthosoma tan mottled with black. Coxae patched tan and dark brown; venter of opisthosoma grey with longitudinal rows of dark brown patches.
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="77">Chelicerae. Segment I 0.77, segment II 1.65. Segment I tan with dark brown lateral patches proximodorsally; segment II golden brown with tan fingers. Unarmed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="77">Pedipalps. Femur 1.28; patella 0.59; tibia 0.72; tarsus 1.60. Femur dark brown on proximal half, tan on distal half with golden brown patch on distalmost end; patella and tibia each golden brown proximally, tan distally; tarsus tan. Unarmed; no apophysis on patella.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="77">Legs: Femora 3.56, 6.77, 3.40, -; patellae 1.17, 1.23, 1.11, -; tibiae 3.84, 7.69, 3.24, -. Banded tan and medium brown; longitudinal dorsal rows of denticles on femora and patellae. Tibia II with eight pseudosegments; leg IV not preserved.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="77" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="77">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="77">
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From the Latin atrox, cruel, and the goddess Diana. The transverse rows of mounds on the opisthosoma are reminiscent of the figure known as Diana of Ephesus, while the epithet
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘cruel’">'cruel'</normalizedToken>
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refers to the addition of a spine on each of the mounds.
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