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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="4176161D3F30BA69792830003E6939AB" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 328: 59-117" docOrigin="ZooKeys 328" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439" docTitle="Megalopsalis porongorupensis Kauri 1954, comb. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="69" masterDocId="DB53CC7BFF8FA05DFFA3FFDBFFF4FFC0" masterDocTitle="Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species" masterLastPageNumber="117" masterPageNumber="59" pageNumber="67" 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:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:number>328</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5439</mods:url>
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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="152047447" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4176161D3F30BA69792830003E6939AB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4176161D3F30BA69792830003E6939AB" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="69" pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Megalopsalis_porongorupensis" authority="Kauri, 1954" authorityName="Kauri" authorityYear="1954" class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis porongorupensis" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupensis">Megalopsalis porongorupensis (Kauri, 1954)</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="67">comb. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 2a, 4
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="67" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Spinicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Spinicrus porongorupensis" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupensis">Spinicrus porongorupensis</taxonomicName>
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Kauri, 1954: 8-9, fig. 4c (incorrect original spelling).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Spinicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Spinicrus porongorupense" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupense">Spinicrus porongorupense</taxonomicName>
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Kauri -
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<bibRefCitation author="Taylor, CK" journalOrPublisher="Tuhinga" pageId="43" pageNumber="102" pagination="53 - 76" title="New Zealand harvestmen of the subfamily Megalopsalidinae (Opiliones: Monoscutidae) - the genus Pantopsalis." volume="15" year="2004">Taylor 2004</bibRefCitation>
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: 76 (spelling emended therein by W.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Staręga">Starega</normalizedToken>
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="67" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
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5 males, Glenbourne, Old Ellensbrook Road, S of Gracetown, Western Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.883335">33°53'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="115.0">115°00'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 27-28 October 1996, L. Marsh et al., pitfalls (WAM T72175 [2 measured]; T72184 [1 measured]); 2 males, ditto, 27-29 December 1997, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfalls (WAM T72152-3; measured); 1 male, ditto,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-33.91389">33°54'50"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="115.01583">115°00'57"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 24-26 October 1998, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72161; measured); 1 male, ditto,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-33.90889">33°54'32"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="115.00667">115°00'24"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 20-23 October 2000, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72200); 1 male, ditto,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-33.911114">33°54'40"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="115.009445">115°00'34"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 24-26 October 1998, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72173); 1 male, ditto, 25-27 October 2003, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72198; measured); 1 male, ditto,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-33.909725">33°54'35"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="115.004166">115°00'15"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 30
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<normalizedToken originalValue="October–">October-</normalizedToken>
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1 November 1999, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72155; measured); 3 males, ditto,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-33.91389">33°54'50"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="115.01583">115°00'57"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 30
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<normalizedToken originalValue="October–">October-</normalizedToken>
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1 November 1999, L. Marsh et al., dry pitfall traps (WAM T72143; 2 measured); 1 male, Pemberton, Crowea Block, Western Australia, 240 m, 17 December 1976, S. J. Curry, pitfall trap (WAM 90/1319); 2 males, ditto, 24 October 1977, S. J. Curry, ridge site, pitfall traps (WAM 90/1321-2); 1 male, ditto, 31 October 1977, S. J. Curry, ridge site, pitfall trap (WAM 90/1335); 1 male, ditto, 11 November 1977, S. J. Curry, ridge site, pitfall trap (WAM 90/1326); 1 male, Porongurup Range, Western Australia, 20 January 1932, E. W. Bennett (WAM 32/217); 1 male, Porongurup National Park, Porongurups, Western Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-34.682167">34°40'55.8"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="117.86628">117°51'58.6"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 570 m, 13 June 1996, S. Barrett, wet pitfalls (WAM T72214); 3 males, Mordalup Road, Unicup, Western Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-34.316944">34°19'01"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="116.53028">116°31'49"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 15 Oct 1999-31 Oct 2000, P. van Heurck, wet pitfalls (WAM T73035).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="67" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis porongorupensis" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupensis">Megalopsalis porongorupensis</taxonomicName>
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is distinguishable from other members of the
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis minima" order="Opiliones" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minima">Megalopsalis minima</taxonomicName>
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-species group by the presence of denticulation on the pedipalp (
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<bibRefCitation pageId="8" pageNumber="67">Kauri 1954</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="68" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="67">Description.</paragraph>
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MALE (N = 10). Prosoma length 0.81 (0.65-0.91), width 1.55 (1.41-1.74); total body length 1.94 (1.70-2.33). Dorsal prosomal plate including
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="68" start="start">ocularium</pageBreakToken>
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tan with dark mottling; unarmed. Ozopore large. Dorsum of opisthosoma tan with iridescent white spots and broad white median stripe.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">Chelicerae. Segment I 1.35 (0.69-2.20), segment II 2.04 (1.23-3.00). Tan; heavily and uniformly denticulate. Cheliceral fingers medium length; mobile finger crescent-shaped (Fig. 4c).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="9" pageNumber="68">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">
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Figure 4.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis porongorupensis" order="Opiliones" pageId="9" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupensis">Megalopsalis porongorupensis</taxonomicName>
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, male: a body, dorsal view (WAM T72311) b body, lateral view (WAM T72203) c left cheliceral fingers, frontal view (WAM T72175) d glans, ventral view (WAM T72175) e glans, dorsolateral view (WAM T72175).
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">Pedipalps. Femur 0.83 (0.75-1.00), patella 0.38 (0.31-0.45), tibia 0.45 (0.40-0.52), tarsus 1.05 (0.94-1.19). Tan. Femur and patella heavily denticulate, few scattered large setae only; tibia lightly denticulate proximally. Inner dorsal distal patella slightly bulging but no distinct apophysis. Microtrichia on distal part of tibia and tarsus; claw with ventral tooth row.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">Legs. Femora 3.46 (3.08-3.92), 6.68 (6.00-7.34), 3.24 (2.92-3.48), 5.20 (4.65-5.67); patellae 0.73 (0.66-0.84), 0.84 (0.67-0.89), 0.66 (0.56-0.78), 0.80 (0.64-1.00); tibiae 3.16 (2.88-3.42), 7.12 (6.60-7.83), 3.03 (2.70-3.24), 4.78 (4.15-5.27).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">
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Penis (Figs 4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d–e">d-e</normalizedToken>
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). Glans short, dorsal edge in line with shaft; stylus at 90° to glans and shaft. Left anterior bristle group reduced; waist in shaft behind bristle groups. Deep pores.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="68">Spiracle (Fig. 2a). Spines almost entirely absent, residual reticulate bases only towards lateral corner; dense field of lace tubercles at lateral corner.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="69" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="69">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="69" start="start">Comments</pageBreakToken>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="69">
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Unfortunately, the type specimen(s) of
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Neopilionidae" genus="Megalopsalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalopsalis porongorupensis" order="Opiliones" pageId="10" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porongorupensis">Megalopsalis porongorupensis</taxonomicName>
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were not available for the present study. This species has been identified based on its original description by
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<bibRefCitation pageId="10" pageNumber="69">Kauri (1954)</bibRefCitation>
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, who clearly figured the denticulate pedipalp.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="69">This species shows a relatively large degree of difference in cheliceral size between the largest and smallest individuals, but there is no clear clustering into a larger and a smaller morph.</paragraph>
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