Megalopsalis leptekes

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: Neopilionidae
Subfamilia: Enantiobuninae
Genus: Megalopsalis
Subgenus: Megalopsalis (Megalopsalis)
Species: Megalopsalis leptekes

Name

Megalopsalis (Megalopsalis) leptekes Taylor, 2011

Type locality: Tallering Station, Western Australia, Australia.

Holotype: WAM. male ♂. 02.IX.1976. legit R.P. McMillan. WAM 90/1313.

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Taylor, C.K. 2025. Further discussion of relationships within Australasian Neopilionidae (Opiliones: Phalangioidea), with description of two new species and eight new genera. Zootaxa 5631(1): 52–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.2. Reference page.