Zalmoxis mendax

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 mendax

Name

• 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

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