Zalmoxis gebeleizis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zalmoxoidea
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: Laniatores Infraordo: Grassatores Superfamilia: Zalmoxoidea

Familia: Zalmoxidae
Genus: Zalmoxis
Species: Zalmoxis gebeleizis

Name

• Zalmoxis gebeleizis Sharma, Buenavente, Clouse, Diesmos & Giribet, 2012: 31, figs. 1–4, 22b

Holotype: PNM [ex MCZ DNA104059], ♂, collected October 2008 by Cichosz & Einhaupl.

Type locality: The research station of the Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Program (PESCP), Sibaliw, Municipality of Buruanga, Province of Aklan, Panay Island (11º 49’ 11” N, 121º 58’ 0” E), Philippines, 450 m elevation.

Etymology: The name refers to a god of the Getae (or Thracians, an ancient civilization of Indo-Europeans that inhabited the territory to the north and east of the Aegean Sea, and had extensive contact with the Greeks and Romans). Gebeleizis was the bearded god of thunderstorms and possibly a synonym or reincarnation of Zalmoxis.

References

• Sharma, P.P.; Buenavente, P.A.C.; Clouse, R.M.; Diesmos A.C.; Giribet G., 2012: Forgotten gods: Zalmoxidae of the Philippines and Borneo (Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 3280: 29–55. Preview