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Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer 1912

Description

Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912

Figs 60–63

Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912: 93.

Material studied. 1 3 syntype ("cotype") (SMF /RI-387), Ssibange (Gabon), Roewer det.

Description of penis (Figs 60–63). Total length, 3.95. Stalk long and slender, widening progressively towards apex. Neck relatively wide. Penis head broad, ovate in ventral view. Lateral sides clearly divergent, with five pairs of ventrally curved, spatulate setae in basal half. Distal margin convex, with a wide notch filled with a broad bulge on ventral side. Dorsal side with voluminous complex glans ending in a process with an apical knob. Three pairs of tiny additional setae present: A disto-ventral pair in groove around apical bulge, a lateral pair on disto-lateral angle and a dorsal pair flanking base of glans.

Notes

Published as part of Bauer, Christian & Prieto, Carlos E., 2009, Three new Assamiidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Cameroon, with a redescription of Chilon robustus and comments on related species, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 2059 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186783

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Assamiidae
Genus
Rhabdopygus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Opiliones
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Roewer
Species
fuscus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912 sec. Bauer & Prieto, 2009

References

  • Roewer, C. F. (1912) Die Familien Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden; auderer Autoren). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 78 A (3), 1 - 242.