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Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
- Source :
- ZooKeys 434: 37-45, ZooKeys, ZooKeys, Vol 434, Iss 0, Pp 37-45 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2014.
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Abstract
- Two new species of harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae: Enantiobuninae) are described from the Waitomo region of the North Island, New Zealand, Forsteropsalis bona sp. n. and F. photophaga sp. n. Both have been collected within caves in the region, where predation on glow-worms Arachnocampa luminosa has been previously recorded for one or both species (misidentified as ‘Megalopsalis tumida’). However, both are regarded as troglophiles rather than strict troglobites due to the presence of specimens outside the cave systems, and the absence of troglobitic adaptations. Megalopsalis tumida (Forster, 1944) is identified as a junior synonym of Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932).
- Subjects :
- geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Opiliones
Ecology
Eupnoi
Zoology
cave biota
Biology
biology.organism_classification
Predation
Neopilionidae
Cave
lcsh:Zoology
arachnids
Animalia
Animal Science and Zoology
Taxonomy (biology)
lcsh:QL1-991
Arachnocampa luminosa
Megalopsalis
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research Article
Taxonomy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13132970 and 13132989
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ccf7af851747b9616d763bee8aae483d