Metaphalangium

Metaphalangium cirtanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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: Metaphalangium
Species: M. abruptum – M. albounilineatum – M. bispinifrons – M. cirtanum – M. corsicum – M. lusitanicum – M. martensi – M. monticola – M. orientale – M. punctatum – M. strandi – M. sudanum – M. tuberculatum – † M. martensi

Name

Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911

Type species: Phalangium propinquum Lucas, 1846

Gender: neuter

Synonymy

• Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911: 70
• Paropilio Roewer, 1911: 48 (junior subjective synonym of Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 per Staręga, 1984: 42, acting as first revisor, contra page order)
  • Type species: Phalangium abstrusum Koch, 1882
• Odontosoma Šilhavý, 1946: 55.
  • Type species: Odontosoma centetes Šilhavý, 1946
• Apozacheus Šilhavý, 1965: 374
  • Type species: Zachaeus moesiacus Roewer, 1923
• Metegaenus Šilhavý, 1965: 375
  • Type species: Phalangium tuberculatum Lucas, 1846
• Parodontosoma Šilhavý, 1965: 375
  • Type species: Lacinius denticulatus Roewer, 1923

References

Primary references

• Roewer, C.F. 1911. Übersicht der Genera der Subfamilie der Phalangiini der Opiliones Palpatores nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 77(Bd.1: 2.Supplementheft): 1–106. 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 December 11, 2026]

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