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 mendax

Name

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  • Zalmoxis mendax Sharma, 2012: 10, figs. 5–8
Holotype: MNHN [ex MCZ DNA102246], ♂, collected 18 November 2000 by Bouchard, Burwell, and G.B. Monteith.
Type locality: Mt. Panie track (20° 33' S, 164° 47' E), New Caledonia.
Etymology: The name refers to the condition of the first walking leg, which bears four tarsomeres—a condition that occurs in a genus of questionable validity, Metazalmoxis (discussed below). From Latin, “mendax, mendacis” meaning “liar”.

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