Biology:Arucillus

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Arucillus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with two described species (as of early 2025).[1][2] All species are from Central America or South America.[1][3][4] An overview of the wider phylogeny was stated by Medrano et al. (2024) favoring a placement in Metergininae but acknowledging that Arucillus appeared among Libitiinae in all other analyses, in some cases appearing allied to some externally similar species from Mexico and Antilles, those currently in the genera Holovonones and Vonones.

Description

The genus Arucillus was described by Šilhavý, 1971 with the type species Arucillus hispaniolicus Šilhavý, 1971. The genus was later included in the subfamily Metergininae.[5][6]

Species

These species belong to the genus Arucillus:

  • Arucillus armasi Pérez-González & Vasconcelos, 2003 – Hispanola (Dominican Republic)
  • Arucillus hispaniolicus Šilhavý, 1971 – Hispanola (Dominican Republic)

Etymology

The genus is masculine. Genus name origin is uncertain, but may derive from modification of Loma Rucilla (the type locality) + masculine Latin suffix -us.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Arucillus" (in en). https://wcolite.com. 
  2. ↑ "Arucillus" (in en). https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7NR9D. 
  3. ↑ "Arucillus" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/535664-Arucillus. 
  4. ↑ "Arucillus" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4661791. 
  5. ↑ Medrano, Miguel; Kury, Adriano Brilhante; Mendes, Amanda Cruz (2022). "Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae).". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (2): 585–672. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043. 
  6. ↑ Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus" (in en). Journal of Natural History 58 (9-12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966. 

Further reading

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus" (in en). Journal of Natural History 58 (9-12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966. 
  • Data related to Arucillus at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q2782910 entry



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