Zalmoxis kaktinsae

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 kaktinsae

Name

• Zalmoxis kaktinsae Sharma, 2012: 14, figs. 9–11

Holotype: MNHN [ex MCZ DNA102350], ♂, collected 12 April 2007 by J. Murienne and P.P. Sharma from sifted litter.

Type locality: Mt. Mou, summit (22° 3' 36.5" S, 166° 20' 56.2" E), New Caledonia, 1227 m elevation.

Etymology: The name honors Natalia Kaktins, a secondary school teacher of Latin and the classics who introduced the author to the mythology of Zalmoxis and other Thracian deities.

References

• Sharma, P.P. 2012: New Australasian Zalmoxidae (Opiliones: Laniatores) and a new case of male polymorphism in Opiliones. Zootaxa, 3236: 1–35. Preview