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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 4: 17 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.4.6
Page range: 475-483
Abstract views: 82
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Two new Opilio Herbst, 1798 species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae) from Azerbaijan

Institute of Zoology, of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, passage 1128, district 504, Baku, AZ1004, Azerbaijan; Western Caspian University, Istiglaliyyat str., 31, Baku, AZ1001, Azerbaijan
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Ave. 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020, Russia; Northern Arctic Federal University, Northern Dvina Emb. 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Ave. 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020, Russia; Northern Arctic Federal University, Northern Dvina Emb. 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
Opiliones Harvestmen description phylogenetic analysis Ordubad Lerik

Abstract

Two new opilionid species of the family Phalangiidae, Opilio ordubadicus Snegovaya sp. nov. and Opilio ilhamakerimovae Snegovaya sp. nov. are diagnosed, illustrated and described on the basis of morphological and molecular methods from the territory of Azerbaijan Republic. The first COI sequences for the following species—Opilio ordubadicus sp. nov., O. ilhamakerimovae sp. nov., O. apsheronicus Snegovaya, 2005, O. sylvestris Snegovaya, 2010 are provided for the first time.

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How to Cite

Snegovaya, N., Bovykina, G. & Kondakov, A. (2025) Two new Opilio Herbst, 1798 species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae) from Azerbaijan. Zootaxa, 5621 (4), 475–483. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.4.6