Metasiro sassafrasensis

Metasiro sassafrasensis

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 sassafrasensis

Name

Metasiro sassafrasensis Clouse & Wheeler, 2014.

Type locality: USA, South Carolina, Pickens County, Jocosse Gorge, Sassafras Mt., near F. van Clayton Highway (lat. 35.06228, long. -82.79500, 760 m elevation).

Typus: Holotype male ♂ MCZ-134535(105644-7171); Paratype males ♂♂, females ♀♀, 1 juvenile.

Synonyms

• Metasiro sassafrasensis Clouse & Wheeler, 2014: 189, Figs. 3G–I, etc. Protonym.

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. 

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

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