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 Synthetonychia sp. from New Zealand. Photo copyright © Gonzalo Giribet. | |
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Synthetonychiidae Forster, 1954 is a family of Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones). It is endemic to
New Zealand and is composed by a single genus, Synthetonychia.
Diagnosis[]
(from Forster 1954[1])
Eyemound absent but eyes not widely separated. Anterior margin of the carapace without spines or tubercles. Scute fused. Pedipalps elongage, slender, not armed with tubercles. Tarsal claws of legs 1 and 2, single, relatively long. Tarsal claws of legs 3 and 4 complex, with a prominent median plate and two or three main lateral branches and usually with a further pair of small accessory teeth.
References[]
- ↑ Forster, R.R. (1954) The New Zealand harvestmen (sub-order Laniatores). Canterbury Museum bulletin, Christchurch, 2, 1–329.