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Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand

Abstract. Two new species of harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae: Enantiobuninae) are described from the Waitomo region of the North Island, New Zealand, Forsteropsalis bona sp. n. and F. photophaga sp. n. Both have been collected within caves in the region, where predation on glow-worms Arachnocam...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Christopher K., Probert, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25152679
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.434.7486
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description Abstract. Two new species of harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae: Enantiobuninae) are described from the Waitomo region of the North Island, New Zealand, Forsteropsalis bona sp. n. and F. photophaga sp. n. Both have been collected within caves in the region, where predation on glow-worms Arachnocampa luminosa has been previously recorded for one or both species (misidentified as ‘Megalopsalis tumida’). However, both are regarded as troglophiles rather than strict troglobites due to the presence of specimens outside the cave systems, and the absence of troglobitic adaptations. Megalopsalis tumida (Forster, 1944) is identified as a junior synonym of Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932).
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spelling pubmed-41411652014-08-22 Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand Taylor, Christopher K. Probert, Anna Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Two new species of harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae: Enantiobuninae) are described from the Waitomo region of the North Island, New Zealand, Forsteropsalis bona sp. n. and F. photophaga sp. n. Both have been collected within caves in the region, where predation on glow-worms Arachnocampa luminosa has been previously recorded for one or both species (misidentified as ‘Megalopsalis tumida’). However, both are regarded as troglophiles rather than strict troglobites due to the presence of specimens outside the cave systems, and the absence of troglobitic adaptations. Megalopsalis tumida (Forster, 1944) is identified as a junior synonym of Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932). Pensoft Publishers 2014-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4141165/ /pubmed/25152679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.434.7486 Text en Christopher K. Taylor, Anna Probert http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
title_full Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
title_fullStr Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
title_short Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand
title_sort two new species of harvestmen (opiliones, eupnoi, neopilionidae) from waitomo, new zealand
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25152679
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.434.7486
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