Roncus
Creators: name: Zaragoza, Juan
name: Henderickx, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Neobisiidae
Roncus

description: Key to the Spanish species of the genus <i>Roncus</i> <b>Note:</b> <i>Roncus caballeroi</i> Lagar, 1974, is not included because the original description is insuffi cient and does not give measurements. 1 Species with roncoid facies, epigean or troglophile, eyes present with more or less flattened lenses, palps robust................................................................. <b>2</b> – Species with parablothroid facies, troglobitic, eyes reduced to spots or absent, palps slender............................................................................................. <b>10</b> 2 Palpal femur 2.89-3.54 times longer than broad......................................... <b>3</b> – Palpal femur 3.80-4.80 times longer than broad......................................... <b>7</b> 3 Chela with microsetae proximal to trichobothrium <i>eb.....................................................................................................</i> <i>Roncus lubricus</i> L. Koch, 1873 (epigean; NW Europe; presence in Spain doubtful, due to misidentification). – Chela without microsetae proximal to trichobothrium <i>eb...........................</i> <b>4</b> 4 Palpal chela about 1.80 mm long, femur about 1.00 mm long........................................................................................... <b> <i>Roncus pugnax</i> (Navás, 1918)</b> (epigean; provinces of Barcelona, Castellón, Gerona, Tarragona, Valencia, Zaragoza and Balearic islands) – Palpal chela 1.10-1.40 mm long, femur 0.56-0.82 mm long....................... <b>5</b> 5 Carapace as long as broad, epistome prominent and pointed...................................................................................... <b> <i>Roncus caralitanus</i> Gardini, 1981</b> (epigean; Sardinia, Sicily; doubtful presence in Balearic islands). – Carapace longer than broad (about 1.20×), epistome low or moderately prominent................................................................................................... <b>6</b> 6 Chela about 3.00 times longer than broad and femur about 0.60 mm long in males, chela with 0-2 microsetae below trichobothria <i>eb -esb.............................................................................................................. <b>Roncus elbulli</b></i> sp. n. (epigean; province of Gerona) – Chela about 3.35 longer than broad and femur about 0.70 mm long in males, chela with 3-4 microsetae below trichobothria <i>eb -esb..................................................................................................</i> <i>Roncus cadinensis</i> Zaragoza, 2007 (epigean; province of Barcelona) 7 Palpal femur longer than 1.00 mm (1.07-1.55), patella and hand about 1.00 mm long.......................................... <b> <i>Roncus neotropicus</i> Redikorzev, 1937</b> (epigean and troglophilic; Balearic islands) – Palpal femur 1.00 mm long or shorter, patella and hand about 0.80 mm long or less.......................................................................................................... <b>8</b> 8 Chelal microsetae pattern with increased number of microsetae (8-10) below <i>eb -esb</i>................................. <b> <i>Roncus judsoni</i> Henderickx &amp; Zaragoza, 2005</b> (troglophilic; province of Gerona) – Chela with 2-5 microsetae below <i>eb-esb</i>...................................................... <b>9</b> 9 Palpal femur at most 4.00 times longer than broad in males (0.72-0.73 mm long); chela 1.17-1.28 mm long; chela with 4-5 microsetae below <i>eb -esb.......................................</i> <i>Roncus montsenyensis</i> Zaragoza &amp; Š&amp;tcaron;áhlavský, 2008 (epigean; province of Gerona) – Palpal femur 4.24-4.30 times longer than broad in males (0.84-0.98 mm long); chela 1.47-1.69 mm long; chela with 2-4 microsetae below <i>eb -esb.........................................................................</i> <i>Roncus duboscqi</i> Vachon, 1937 (epigean; France; doubtful records from Spanish provinces: Barcelona, Gerona) 10 Larger number of setae on carapace (about 50)......................................................... <b> <i>Roncus setosus</i> Zaragoza, 1982</b> (troglobitic; province of Alicante) – Lower number of setae on carapace (maximum 25).................................. <b>11</b> 11 Small species, palpal femur 1.00 mm long or less...................................... <b>12</b> – Large species, palpal femur 1.18-1.83 mm long........................................ <b>13</b> 12 Palpal femur 4.65 times longer than broad and longer than chelal finger................................................................................ <b> <i>Roncus bellesi</i> Lagar, 1972</b> (troglobitic; province of Lérida) – Palpal femur 5.20 times longer than broad and as long as chelal finger................................................................................ <b> <i>Roncus juvencus</i> Beier, 1939</b> (troglobitic; province of Tarragona) 13 Epistome low, chelal femur 6.20-6.50 times longer than broad (1.72-1.83 mm long), chela with pedicel 5.40 times longer than broad..................................................................................................... <b> <i>Roncus lagari</i> Beier, 1971</b> (troglobitic; province of Tarragona) – Epistome prominent, chelal femur 4.09-5.40 times longer than broad (1.18- 1.59 mm long), chela with pedicel 3.41-5.10 times longer than broad...... <b>14</b> 14 Palpal trochanter without tubercle................. <b> <i>Roncus hibericus</i> Beier, 1939</b> (troglobitic; province of Barcelona) – Palpal trochanter with more or less prominent tubercle............................. <b>15</b> 15 Palpal femur clearly shorter than the chelal finger, femur 5.10-5.40 times longer than broad (1.29-1.54 mm long), finger 1.40-1.60 mm long.......................................... <b> <i>Roncus vidali</i> Lagar, 1972</b> (troglobitic; Balearic islands) – Palpal femur as long or longer than the chelal finger................................. <b>16</b> 16 Palps moderately slender: palpal femur longer than the finger and 4.09-4.49 longer than broad (1.26-1.33 mm long); patella 2.52-2.62 times longer than broad (0.99-1.15 mm long), chelal hand 1.55-1.59 times longer than broad (0.90-1.06 mm long).............................. <b> <i>Roncus boneti boneti</i> Beier, 1931</b> (troglobitic; province of Alicante) – Palps slender: palpal femur same length as finger and 4.83-5.25 times longer than broad (1.42-1.48 mm long), patella 2.96-3.14 times longer than broad (1.18-1.23 mm long), chelal hand 1.87-2.01 times longer than broad (1.15 mm long)...................................... <b> <i>Roncus boneti tarbenae</i> Mahnert, 1977</b> (troglobitic; province of Alicante)
description: Published as part of <i>Zaragoza, Juan &amp; Henderickx, Hans, 2009, Roncus elbulli (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones), a new species from Cap de Creus Nature Park (Catalonia, Spain), with a key to the Spanish species of the genus Roncus, pp. 19-34 in ZooKeys 8 (8)</i> on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.8.110, http://zenodo.org/record/576441
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