Napostygnus

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Opiliones
Familia: Cranaidae

Name

Napostygnus Roewer, 1929 new family assignment – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Napostygnus Roewer, 1929: 274, 275; Kury 2003: 145; (type species: Napostygnus bispinosus Roewer, 1929, by monotypy).

Diagnosis

Napostygnus was originally placed in Gonyleptidae, Prostygninae and transferred to the Gonyleptidae, Metasarcinae by Kury (2003). It differs from the other 75 genera of Cranaidae by the following combination of characters: ocularium, scutal areas I–IV, posterior margin of dorsal scutum and free tergite I unarmed; free tergites II–III with one spine; posterior margin of dorsal scutum concave; legs thin and unarmed; penis with ventral plate wider at the middle, three pairs of distal setae, two pairs of basal setae, glans with dorsal process, stylus with apex enlarged.

Composition

Monotypic.

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