Sabacon claviger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischyropsalidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Dyspnoi Superfamilia: Ischyropsalidoidea

Familia: Sabaconidae
Genus: Sabacon
Species: Sabacon claviger

Name

Sabacon claviger Menge, 1854.

Type locality: Baltic amber (Palaeogene, Eocene); precise locality unclear. Possibly Amber Coast, (Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Sambia Peninsula, formerly northern East Prussia in Germany).

Typus: Holotype formally in Danzig (= Gdańsk, Poland), current whereabouts unknown (WCO-lite, 2023)

Synonymy

• Nemastoma clavigerum Menge, 1854: 99 (footnote). Protonym.
• Sabacon bachofeni Roewer, 1939: 4, fig. 2. Junior subjective synonym of Nemastoma clavigerum Menge, 1854 by Staręga 2002: 602.
  • Type locality: Baltic amber (Palaeogene, Eocene); precise locality unclear. Possibly Amber Coast, (Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Sambia Peninsula, formerly northern East Prussia in Germany).
    • Typus: NSBS, Bachofen-Echt collection, numbers 110 and 142. (See Dunlop, 2006)

References

Primary references

• Menge, F.A. 1854. “Bem.” [Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen] (i.e. footnotes) to Koch, C.L. & Berendt, G.C. 1854. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt. In: Berendt, G.C. Die im Bernstein befindlichen organischen Reste der Vorwelt, gesammelt. 1(2): (Erster Band, 2. Abteilung) 1–124, pls. 1–17. Buchhandlung Nicolai, Berlin. BHLReference page. 

Additional references

• Dunlop, J.A. 2006. Baltic amber harvestman types (Arachnida: Opiliones: Eupnoi and Dyspnoi). Fossil Record 9(2): 167–182. DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200600006 ResearchGatePDF. Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1939. Opilioniden im Bernstein. Palaeobiologica. Archiv für die Erforschung des Lebens der Vorzeit und seiner Geschichte 7(1): 1–5, figs. 1–4. Reference page. 
• Staręga, W. 2002. Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales Zoologici, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Zoologii 52: 601–604. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Sabacon claviger – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sabacon claviger.
• ION