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Issue: Vol. 5601 No. 2: 7 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.11
Page range: 377-386
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 8

A new species of Paktongius Suzuki (Opiliones: Assamiidae) from Malaysia with distinct leg apophyses

Groesbeeksedwarsweg 300; NL-6521 DW Nijmegen; Netherlands
Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; D-55099 Mainz; Germany.; Senckenberg Research Institute; Arachnology D-60325 Frankfurt am Main; Germany
Opiliones Southeast Asia Laniatores Assamioidea gonyleptoid dimorphism

Abstract

A new species of the genus Paktongius Suzuki, 1969 is described as Paktongius riedeli sp. nov. In addition to a sexually dimorphic ‘gonyleptoid-like’ body morphology—a characteristic commonly attributed in the genus Paktongius to a proximo-laterally expanded scutum and exceptionally enlarged coxae IV—the male of the new species exhibits an apophysis on both the coxa and trochanter of leg IV. This feature is unprecedented in the Assamiidae and further accentuates its gonyleptoid appearance. Additionally, a discussion on the Assamiidae of Southeast Asian is included.

 

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