Metabiantes varius

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

Metabiantes varius Kauri, 1961

Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, 10-15 miles southeast of Lydenburg, 6000 feet elevation.

Typus: Holotype Female ♀, MZLU-298, legit [?], 07.V.1951.

Metabiantes varius Kauri, 1961: 58. (Original combination); Lawrence, 1963: 285.

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.
Lawrence, R.F. 1963. The Opiliones of the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24: 275–304. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

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 18, 2025]