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Erecanana mordax
CASENT 9052253 - Erecanana horrida - Tanzania - macho (2)
Erecanana mordax (Sørensen, 1910) from Tanzania. Photo copyright © A.B. Kury

Suborder

Laniatores

Superfamily

Epedanoidea

Family

Podoctidae

Subfamily

Erecananinae

Genus

Erecanana

Erecanana mordax Sørensen, 1910 is a member of the genus Erecanana (Laniatores: Podoctidae).

Taxonomy[]

Synonymy[]

E. mordax and E. horridus were synonymized by Staręga[4] because E. mordax is the male, E. horridus is the female.

Notes[]

  • Location: Tanzania[4]
  • Type specimen is in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen for entomologi, S-104 05 Stockholm[4]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sørensen, W.E. (1910) 4. Opiliones. In: Yngve Sjöstedt (Ed.), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, vol. 3 part 20. Arachnoidea, pp. 59–82, plate 4. Stockholm: K. Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften [K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens]. 3 vols. of which vol. 3 has parts 15–22, separately paginated, in all 636 pp., 37 plates.
  2. Roewer, C.F. (1912c) Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores. (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, Abt. A, Original-Arbeiten, 78(3), 1–242.
  3. Roewer, C.F. (1913a) Arachnides. I Opiliones. In: Résultats scientifiques du voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). A. Schultz, Paris. Pp 1–22, Tafel I.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Staręga, W. (1992) An annotated check-list of harvestmen, excluding Phalangiidae, of the Afrotropical Region (Opiliones). Annals of the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 33(2), 271–336.
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