Biology:Megabunus
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Megabunus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Phalangiidae.[1][2] All occur in Europe, mostly in the vicinity of the Alps.[2]
In Megabunus, the pedipalps are armed with strong ventral spines, especially on the femur, probably to hold fast to prey.[3]
Name
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek mega "big" and -bunus, which is a common ending for certain opilionid genera.
Species
There are eleven recognized species:[1][2]
- Megabunus armatus (Kulczyński, 1887) (Tirols, Slovenia)
- Chemini, 1985 (Italy) Muster & Wachter, 2015 (Northern Italy)
- Schenkel, 1927 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland; possibly a variation of M. armatus) Megabunus pifkoi
- Megabunus diadema Murányi, 2008
- Megabunus coelodonta (Fabricius, 1779) (Western Europe)
- (Canestrini, 1872) (Swiss Alps) Megabunus vignai
- Megabunus hadzii Martens, 1978 (Italy)
- Megabunus bergomas Muster & Steiner, 2015 (Western Alps)
- (Kratochvíl, 1935) Megabunus lentipes
- Megabunus cryptobergomas Muster & Komposch, 2015 (Western Alps)
- Megabunus rhinoceros Megabunus lesserti
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Megabunus Meade, 1855". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7PNN4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wachter, Gregor A.; Muster, Christoph; Arthofer, Wolfgang; Raspotnig, Günther; Föttinger, Petra; Komposch, Christian; Steiner, Florian M.; Schlick‐Steiner, Birgit C. (2015). "Taking the discovery approach in integrative taxonomy: decrypting a complex of narrow‐endemic Alpine harvestmen (Opiliones: Phalangiidae: Megabunus)". Molecular Ecology 24 (4): 863–889. doi:10.1111/mec.13077.
- ↑ Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 327
References
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
Further reading
- Martens, Jochen (1978): Spinnentiere, Arachnida, Weberknechte, Opiliones, ser. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands (Dahl,Friedrich ed.), vol. 64. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena
External links
- BioImages: Pictures of M. diadema
Wikidata ☰ Q2508970 entry
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