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Psathyropus
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Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Family

Sclerosomatidae

Subfamily

Gagrellinae

Psathyropus L. Koch, 1878 is a genus in the family Sclerosomatidae, subfamily Gagrellinae.

Taxonomy[]

  • Psathyropus L. Koch, 1878b:785[1]
  • Metagagrella Roewer, 1910a:95[2] (syn. Suzuki, 1973d:250[3])

Distribution[]

  • Within the triangle formed by Japan & eastern Russia in the north, New Guinea in the east and India in the west.

Diagnosis[]

(after[3])

  • Toothed tarsal claw (Koch said it had a un-toothed tarsal claw, but re-examination of the type-species revealed that the claw was toothed.)
  • Femur 2 has 1 or 2 nodules
  • Femora 1 and 3 are longer than the body

Species[]

  • Psathyropus aurolucens (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus bengalensis (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus bilineata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus bimaculata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus biseriata (Roewer, 1912)
  • Psathyropus cingulata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus conjugata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus conspicua (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus cuprilucidae (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus damila (Silhavy, 1976)
  • Psathyropus distincta (Sato & Suzuki, 1938)
  • Psathyropus formosa bispinosa (Roewer, 1923)
  • Psathyropus formosa (Roewer, 1911)
  • Psathyropus granulata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus granulosa (Suzuki, 1977)
  • Psathyropus guttata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus hainanaensis (Wang, 1941)
  • Psathyropus hirta (Roewer, 1915)
  • Psathyropus hsuehshanensis (Suzuki, 1977)
  • Psathyropus koyamai (Suzuki, 1979)
  • Psathyropus luteomaculata (Suzuki, 1969)
  • Psathyropus mandalayia (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus micans (Roewer, 1926)
  • Psathyropus minax (Thorell, 1889)
  • Psathyropus minax bispinosa (Thorell, 1889)
  • Psathyropus mysoreana (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus nigra (Roewer, 1912)
  • Psathyropus octomaculata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus perakana (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus pustulata (Roewer, 1910)
  • Psathyropus roeweri (Suzuki, 1974)
  • Psathyropus rufa (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus rufoscuta (Suzuki, 1982)
  • Psathyropus satarensis (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus silvestrii (Roewer, 1927)
  • Psathyropus sinensis (Schenkel, 1953)
  • Psathyropus sordidata (Thorell, 1889) [was type species of Metagagrella]
  • Psathyropus sulcata (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus tenuipes (Koch, 1878) [type species by monotypy]
  • Psathyropus tenuis (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus tongkingensis (Roewer, 1954)
  • Psathyropus ussuriensis (Redikorzev, 1936)

Notes[]

  • Curiously, having established the synonymy between Psathyropus and Metagagrella, Suzuki continued to use the junior synonym [3][4][5][6].

References[]

  1. Koch, L. (1878b) Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 27, 735–798.
  2. Roewer, C.F. (1910a) Revision der Opiliones Plagiostethi (= Opiliones Palpatores). I. Teil: Familie der Phalangiidae. (Subfamilien: Gagrellini, Liobunini, Leptobunini.) Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, Hamburg, 19(4), 1–294.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Suzuki, S. (1973d) Opiliones from the South-west Islands, Japan. Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University, Series B, Division 1 (Zoology), 24, 205–279.
  4. Suzuki, S. (1977d) Opiliones from Taiwan (Arachnida). Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University, Series B, Division 1 (Zoology), 27(1), 121–157.
  5. Suzuki, S. (1979) Metagagrella koyamai n. sp. (Opiliones, Gagrellidae) from India. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 52(2), 142–145.
  6. Suzuki, S. (1985b) A synopsis of the Opiliones of Thailand (Arachnida) II. Palpatores. Steenstrupia, 11(7), 209–257.
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