Zalmoxis perditus

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 perditus

Name

• Zalmoxis perditus Sharma, 2012: 18, figs. 13–14

Holotype: MNHN [ex MCZ DNA102356], ♂, collected 20 April 2007 by J. Murienne and P.P. Sharma from sifted litter.

Type locality: Baie d'Upi, Isle of Pines (22° 35' 21.0" S, 167° 31' 20.1"E), New Caledonia, 4 m elevation.

Etymology: The name refers to the collecting locality of this species, the Isle of Pines, which is located to the south of the main island of New Caledonia (Grande Terre). From Latin, “perditus, -a, -um” meaning “lost” or “abandoned”.

References

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