Metasiro americanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sternophthalmi
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Cyphophthalmi Infraorden: Sternophthalmi

Familia: Neogoveidae
Genus: Metasiro
Species: Metasiro americanus

Name

Metasiro americanus Davis, 1933.

Type locality: SA, Florida, Liberty Co., ravine at “Camp Torreya”

Typus: Holotype male ♂ Cornell Univ. Coll.; also Allotype female.

Synonyms

• Siro americanus Davis, 1933: 49, figs 1–10. Protonym.
• Parasiro americanus Hinton, 1938: 332–333.
• Metasiro americanus Juberthie, 1960: 235, figs 1–13; Clouse & Wheeler, 2014: 184, Figs. 3A–C, etc. Restored combination.
• Floridogovea americana Hoffman, 1963: 138, figs 15–20.

References

Primary references

• Clouse, R.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2014: Descriptions of two new, cryptic species of Metasiro (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Neogoveidae) from South Carolina, USA, including a discussion of mitochondrial mutation rates. Zootaxa 3814(2): 177–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Davis, N.W. 1933. A new opilionid from Florida (Arachnida, Cyphophthalmi). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41: 49–53. Reference page. 
• Hinton, H.E. 1938. XXXVI.—A key to the genera of the suborder Cyphophthalmi with a description and figures of Neogovea immsi, gen. et sp.n. (Arachnida, Opiliones). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11 2(10): 331–338. DOI: 10.1080/00222933808526856 . Reference page. 
• Hoffman, R.L. 1963. A new phalangid of the genus Siro from Eastern United States, and taxonomic notes on other American sironids (Arach., Opiliones). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 129–139. Reference page. 
• Juberthie, C. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des opilions Cyphophthalmes: description de Metasiro gen. nov. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle 2ème série, 32: 235–241. 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. & 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 January 11, 2024]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Metasiro americanus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Metasiro americanus.
• ION

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