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Issue: Vol. 5357 No. 1: 17 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.6
Page range: 131-138
Abstract views: 209
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The newest and the oldest species in the same vial: Description of a new species of Ceratomontia Roewer, 1915 and redescription of Ceratomontia capensis Roewer, 1915 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Triaenonychidae)

División de Aracnología; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales–CONICET; Av. Ángel Gallardo 470; C1405DJR Buenos Aires; Argentina
División de Aracnología; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales–CONICET; Av. Ángel Gallardo 470; C1405DJR Buenos Aires; Argentina
Opiliones Madagascar genital morphology Harvestmen Insidiatores taxonomy

Abstract

Ceratomontia starengai sp. nov. is described from South Africa, based on one specimen found in the type series of Ceratomontia capensis Roewer, 1915, which is redescribed in this work. The presence of this new species represents sympatry of Ceratomontia species, something not uncommon for species of the family Triaenonychidae. Images of the genital morphology, which are crucial to the diagnosis of the group, are included in the descriptions.

 

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