Zalmoxis falcifer

Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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