Bunochelis spinifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Eupnoi Superfamilia: Phalangioidea

Familia: Phalangiidae
Subfamilia: Phalangiinae
Genus: Bunochelis
Species: Bunochelis spinifera

Name

Bunochelis spinifera Lucas, 1839.

Type locality: Spain, Canary Islands

Typus:

Synonymy

Phalangium spiniferum Lucas, 1839: 46, pl. 7, figs 7–7a. (Original combination); Simon, 1883: 300; Simon, 1889: 302.
Opilio spinifer (Lucas, 1839); Koch, L.C.C. 1872): 91
Metaphalangium spiniferum (Lucas, 1839); Roewer, 1911: 77, pl. 3 fig. 4.
Bunochelis spinifera (Lucas, 1839); Roewer, 1923: 767, fig. 941.

Note: Various attributions of Bunochelis spinifera to "Simon, 1878: 215" appear to be spurious and unfounded, e.g. in Borges et al. 2008: 279 [in "Listagem dos fungos, flora e fauna terrestres dos arquipélagos da Madeira e Selvagens"].

Heterotypic: To add.

References

Primary references

Lucas, P.H. 1838/1839. Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. In: Barker-Webb, P. & S. Berthelot (eds.) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris 2(2), 19-52. BHL Reference page.
Simon, E.L. 1883. Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259–314. BHL Reference page.
Simon, E. 1889. Liste des arachnides recueillis aux îles Canaries, en 1888, par M. le Dr Verneau. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France 14: 300–304. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M.A. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page. [accessed on June 30, 2025]

Links

Hallan catalog - including error "Bunochelis spinifera (Simon, 1878):215"