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 Eumesosoma roeweri (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943)from Texas. Photo Copyright © Marshal Hedin [1]. | |
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Eumesosoma Cokendolpher, 1980 is a genus in the family Sclerosomatidae, subfamily Leiobuninae.
Taxonomy[]
- Mesosoma Weed, 1892:187 - Junior homonym of Mesosoma Otto, 1821 (Crustacea)
- Eumesosoma Cokendolpher, 1980:31
Type species[]
The type species (by original designation) of Mesosoma was Mesosoma nigrum Weed, 1892 (not Phalangium nigrum Say, 1821). Crawford noted the homonymy between Say's species and Weed's species, as both are now in Eumesosoma. He therefore replaced Weed's species name with its oldest available synyonym. "Thus, the valid name of the type species is Eumesosoma roeweri (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943)." (Crawford, 1992)
Species[]
- Eumesosoma arnetti Cokendolpher, 1980
- Eumesosoma roeweri (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943)
- Eumesosoma ocalensis Cokendolpher, 1980
- Eumesosoma sayi Cokendolpher, 1980
- Eumesosoma nigrum (Say, 1821)
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Notes[]
- Location: USA
Literature[]
- Cokendolpher, 1980[1]
- Crawford, 1992[2]
References[]
- ↑ Cokendolpher, J.C. (1980b) Replacement name for Mesosoma Weed, 1892, with a revision of the genus (Opiliones, Phalangiidae, Leiobuninae). Occasional Papers of The Museum, Texas Tech University, 66, 1–19.
- ↑ Crawford, Rodney L., 1992. Catalogue of the genera and type species of the harvestman superfamily Phalangioidea (Arachnida). Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History, 8: 1-60.