Forsteropsalis tumida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangioidea
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: Eupnoi Superfamilia: Phalangioidea

Familia: Neopilionidae
Subfamilia: Enantiobuninae
Genus: Forsteropsalis
Species: Forsteropsalis tumida

Name

Forsteropsalis tumida (Forster, 1944: 188)

• Original genus: Megalopsalis
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated (as 'type') and presumably unique
  • Description:
  • Repository: MONZ 'Tube 2/14 Dominion Museum Spirit Collection'
• Type locality: 'Khandallah, Wellington'
• ZooBank: [1]

References

• Forster, R.R. 1944: The genus Megalopsalis Roewer in New Zealand with keys to the New Zealand genera of Opiliones. Records of the Dominion Museum 1(2): 183–192, plates 65-66. Reference page.  [See p. 188, and Pl. 66, Figs. 4-6]
• Meyer-Rochow, V.B.; Liddle, A.R. 1988: Structure and function of the eyes of two species of opilionid from New Zealand glow-worm caves (Megalopsalis tumida: Palpatores, and Hendea myersi cavernicola: Laniatores). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 233(1272): 293–319. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1988.0023 Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65. Preview Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.K.; Probert, A. 2014: Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand. ZooKeys 434: 37-45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.434.7486 Reference page.  [See p. 41; Forsteropsalis tumida is therefore regarded herein as a junior synonym of F. fabulosa (syn. n.)]