Zalmoxis falcifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zalmoxoidea
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: Laniatores Infraordo: Grassatores Superfamilia: Zalmoxoidea

Familia: Zalmoxidae
Genus: Zalmoxis
Species: Zalmoxis falcifer

Name

• Zalmoxis falcifer Sharma, 2012: 20, figs. 15–18

Holotype: WAM [ex MCZ DNA105836], ♂, collected August 2002 by M.S. Harvey.

Type locality: Bonaparte Archipelago, W.A. (14° 31' S 124° 55' E), Australia.

Etymology: The name refers to the gargantuan curved spine on tibia IV of males of the species. From Latin, “falcifer, -era, -erum, itself from “falx, falcis” meaning “sickle” or alternatively a curved pole-arm historically used in combat by the Thracians and Dacians; and “ferre” meaning “to carry” or “to bear”.

References

• Sharma, P.P. 2012: New Australasian Zalmoxidae (Opiliones: Laniatores) and a new case of male polymorphism in Opiliones. Zootaxa, 3236: 1–35. Preview