Haversia defensa
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Ordo: Opiliones
Familia: Gonyleptidae
Genus: Haversia
Name
Haversia defensa (Butler, 1876) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Gonyleptes defensus Butler, 1876: 152, fig. 4 (♂); (4 males & 1 female syntypes; Argentina, Falklands Island; NHM; examined by detailed photos).
- Haversia defensa: Roewer, 1913: 171, fig. 72 (♂); Kury 2003[1]: 129.
- Sadocus vallentini Hogg, 1913: 48, fig. 7 (♂); (syntypes males and females; Falklands Island; NHM 1299.1304; not examined). Syn. n.
- Hoggellula vallentini: Roewer 1930[2]: 397, fig. 22 (♂); Kury 2003[1]: 129.
Material examined
ARGENTINA. Falklands (Islas Malvinas), 1 ♂ (SMF 1320/8).
Description
Penis (Fig. 18A–B; SMF 1320/8): ventral plate with lateral margins slightly concave, distal margin straight, 3 distal pairs of cylindrical, straight, long setae, 1 pair of median short setae, 2 pairs of basal cylindrical, straight, long setae. Glans sac projected dorsally, ventral process and stylus arising ventrally. Stylus long, slightly curved, with apical ventral and lateral trichomes. Ventral process swollen apically, with nailhead-like apex.
Taxonomical note
The examination of detailed photos of Gonyleptes defensus type material and subsequent comparison of those with the description of Sadocus vallentini allowed recognizing them as conspecific.
Taxon Treatment
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R; Benedetti, A; de Vasconcelos, E; Hara, M; 2012: New systematic assignments in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) ZooKeys, 198: 25-68. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kury A (2003) Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 1: 5–337.
- ↑ Roewer C (1930) Weitere Weberknechte IV. (4. Ergänzung der Weberknechte der Erde, 1923). Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 27 (3): 341-452.
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