Forsteropsalis fabulosa
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Phalangioidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Neopilionidae
Subfamilia: Enantiobuninae
Genus: Forsteropsalis
Species: Forsteropsalis fabulosa
Name
[edit]- Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932)
- Authority for current placement: Taylor, 2011: 51 ('new combination')
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Obsolete combination: Megalopsalis fabulosa
- Original combination: Macropsalis fabulosa
- Original genus: Macropsalis Sörensen, 1886
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: syntypes ('Considerably larger specimens than the one described have been captured, but, unfortunately, have been partially destroyed by accident')
- Fixation: automatic
- Description: [adult] male(s) and female(s) ('♀ 4 mm.')
- Repository: lost?
- NOTE: invalid neotype designation by Forster (1944: 187) MONZ AH.000021 [=Forsteropsalis inconstans (Forster, 1944)]
- Type locality: 'Wellington'
- Authority for current placement: Taylor, 2011: 51 ('new combination')
Synonymy
[edit]- Megalopsalis tumida (Forster, 1944)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Phillipps, W.J. & Grimmett, R.E.R. 1932. Some new Opiliones from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1932: 731–740. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01094.x Reference page. [first availability, see p. 731 and figs. 1 A, B, C]
Additional references
[edit]- Forster, R.R. 1944. The genus Megalopsalis Roewer in New Zealand with keys to the New Zealand genera of Opiliones. Records of the Dominion Museum, 1(2): 183–192. BUGZ
- Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65. Preview Reference page.
- Taylor, C.K. 2012. Clarification of the type status of Macropsalis fabulosa Phillipps & Grimmett 1932. Zootaxa 3194: 49–50. Preview Reference page.