Metasiro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sternophthalmi
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: Cyphophthalmi Infraorden: Sternophthalmi

Familia: Neogoveidae
Genus: Metasiro
Species: M. americanus  – M. sassafrasensis – M. savannahensis

Name

Metasiro Juberthie, 1960: 235.

Type species: Siro americanus Davis, 1933, by original designation.

Gender: masculine

Synonymy

• Floridogovea Hoffman, 1963: 137; junior objective synonym of Metasiro (Juberthie, 1960) in Shear, 1980: 12.
  • Type species: Siro americanus Davis, 1933; by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Hoffman, R.L. 1963. A new phalangid of the genus Siro from Eastern United States, and taxonomic notes on other American sironids (Arach., Opiliones). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 129–139. Reference page. 
• Juberthie, C. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des opilions Cyphophthalmes: description de Metasiro gen. nov. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle 2ème série, 32: 235–241. Reference page. 
• Davis, N.W. 1933. A new opilionid from Florida (Arachnida, Cyphophthalmi). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41: 49–53. Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1980. A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum Novitates 2705: 1–34. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clouse, R.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2014: Descriptions of two new, cryptic species of Metasiro (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Neogoveidae) from South Carolina, USA, including a discussion of mitochondrial mutation rates. Zootaxa 3814(2): 177–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page.  [accessed on January 11, 2024]

Links

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

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