Metabiantes cataracticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Samooidea

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: Laniatores Infraordo: Grassatores Superfamilia: Samooidea

Familia: Biantidae
Subfamilia: Biantinae
Genus: Metabiantes
Species: Metabiantes cataracticus

Name

Metabiantes cataracticus Kauri, 1961

Type locality: South Africa, Natal, Karkloof

Typus: Holotype Male ♂ ZMLU.94, legit Bertil Hanstrom, 29.X.1948.

Synonymy

• Metabiantes basutoanus Kauri, 1961: 51, figs 28, 29. (Original combination). [Also notes misdet. Metabzantes leighi in Kauri ,1950, in part]

References

Primary references

• Kauri, H. 1961. Opiliones. In B. Hanström, P.S.V. Brinck, & G. Rudebeck (Eds.). South African animal life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala. pp. 9–197. 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 August 21, 2025]

Links

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