Homolophus Banks 1893
Creators: name: Snegovaya, Nataly Yu.
name: Cokendolpher, James C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Opiliones
Phalangiidae
Homolophus

description: Key to the males of Homolophus discovered during this study
1 Legs long, Fe I thin, cylindrical in cross-section............................................................. 2
- Legs short, Fe I thickened, angular in cross-section.......................................................... 7
2 Palpal femur ventrally with larger and more numerous denticles................................................ 3
- Palpal femur ventrally almost without denticles and more covered by setae........................................ 4
3 Cheliceral basal segment ventrally smooth without bulge................................................. almasyi
- Cheliceral basal segment ventrally with blunt rounded bulge (Tchemeris et al. 2000, figs. 32–33)................ asiaticus
4 Truncus expanded about half the length and then sharply tapers towards the glans............................. silhavyi
- Truncus tapers smoothly to the glans along the entire length, without sharp expansion............................... 5
5 Glans somewhat “banana-shaped” (both top and bottom curved) in lateral view and recess ventrally on each side.. chevrizovi
- Glans “boat-shaped” (rounded below and flattened on top) in lateral view, narrow without recesses.................... 6
6 Dark brown body with broad white belt across pro- and metapeltidium....................................... milkoi
- Body sand-colored............................................................................... kozlovi
7 Penis with very slender glans, body covered with many longer pointed tubercles.............................. pallens
- Penis with banana-shaped or oval glans.................................................................... 8
8 Dark body color with white transverse bands along borders of pro- and metapeltidium; penis more slender, especially in the distal 2/3rds.............................................................................. nordenskioeldi
- Body more lightly colored brown without white transverse band; penis very wide.................................. 9
9 Truncus with very short longitudinal ridge (alae) on each lateral side distally; glans with rounded tubercle with short spine in the middle................................................................................ betpakdalensis
- Penis glans without such ridge (alae) and no rounded tubercle with spine........................................ 10
10 Penis glans oval or banana-shaped in lateral view........................................................... 11
- Penis glans quadrangular in lateral view............................................................. gobiensis
11 Penis glans with recess ventrally on each lateral side........................................................ 12
- Penis glans rounded in cross-section without such recesses............................................... arcticus
12 Truncus of penis without alae.................................................................... charitonovi
- Truncus of penis with alae............................................................................. 13
13 Alae extending about 2/3 times length of truncus..................................................... andreevae
- Short alae on penis truncus....................................................................... chemerisi
14 Truncus of penis with alae extending over 2/3 length of penis.......................................... vladimirae
- Truncus of penis without such alae...................................................................... 15
15 Truncus uniform width, abruptly constricted at distal end................................................ tibetanus
- Truncus not very wide, much more slender distally.......................................................... 16
16 Glans wide (about 3 times longer than wide), widest terminally (in lateral view) near junction of stylus....... albofasciatus
- Glans more slender (about 5 times longer than wide) and uniform in width with distally end only slightly wider........................................................................................... martensi (Staręga, 1986)
description: Published as part of Snegovaya, Nataly Yu. & Cokendolpher, James C., 2021, Further studies on harvestman genus Homolophus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae), with descriptions of two new species, pp. 301-353 in Zootaxa 4908 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4441762