Platybunoides songi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangioidea
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: Eupnoi Superfamilia: Phalangioidea

Familia: Phalangiidae
Genus: Platybunoides
Species: Platybunoides songi

Name

• Platybunoides songi Zhang & Zhang, 2012: 48, figs. 1–29

Holotype: MHBU-Opi-NX1025 ♂, 25 June 2008, C. Zhang leg.

Type locality: CHINA: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jingyuan County, Liupanshan Natural Reserve, Hongxia Forest Farm, about 2082 m asl., 35°27´N, 106°18.´E.

Etymology: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the late Prof. Daxiang Song (1935–2008), a well known arachnologist in China.

References

• Zhang, C.; Zhang, F. 2012: On the subfamilial assignment of Platybunoides (Opiliones: Eupnoi: Phalangiidae), with the description of a new species from China. Zootaxa, 3190: 47–55. Preview