Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae)
Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae)
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Triaenonychidae 的命名变化:Sclerobunus parvus Roewer 是 Paranonychus brunneus (Banks) 的初级异名,Mutusnonychus Suzuki 是 Paranonychus Briggs 的初级异名,Kaolinonychinae Suzuki 是 Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae) 的初级异名。
DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.1809.1.5
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发表时间:
2008
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影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Shahan Derkarabetian
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作者:
W. Shear;Shahan Derkarabetian
The second author (SD) is currently engaged in a phylogeographic study of the genus Sclerobunus and noted S. parvus in Kury’s (2003) catalog of New World Laniatores. Since the description of S. parvus did not seem to fit a species of Sclerobunus as defined by Briggs (1971), we borrowed the syntypes from the British Museum (Natural History), for which loan we thank Mrs. Janet Beccaloni. The first author (WAS) compared the specimens with the description and figures of Briggs (1971) and with specimens of Paranonychus brunneus from several localities in Washington State, USA. No meaningful differences could be found between the types and either the drawings and description, or the Washington specimens. Therefore we conclude that Sclerobunus parvus Roewer 1931 is a junior subjective synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks 1893).Briggs (1971) did not detect much sexual dimorphism in P. brunneus, but we note here that the genital operculum of males has a small, anterior, ventrally curved, triangular process, while that of the female has an anterior notch that is particularly noticeable if the operculum is gently lifted with a needle. This may be what Briggs meant by stating that the genital operculum of males “reaches the third coxae” while that of females does not, but in fact the distal border of the operculum is at the third coxae in both sexes. We were able to establish that the type series of S. parvus consists of three males and five females.