Zalmoxidae Sorensen 1886
Creators: name: Pérez-González, Abel
name: Ayala-Apaza, Arli G.
name: Pereira, Maria Paula
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Opiliones
Zalmoxidae

description: Family Zalmoxidae
Type name: Ignacianulus pumilio Roewer, 1957.
Specimen examined: Female holotype SMF 9911038 - RII/11038-4 (Fig. 2 A, B), from PERU, Cajamarca, San Ignacio, Rio Chinchipe.
Actions: New allocation to family Zalmoxidae and clarification of the sex of the holotype.
Remark (I): Roewer (1957) originally described this species as a member of Phalangodidae: Phalangodinae without any illustration. Later it was removed to Grassatores incertae sedis by Kury (2003). Herein we propose the new transfer of this species from Grassatores incertae sedis to the family Zalmoxidae. Despite the male genitalia was not examined, the campaniform shape of the scutum with mesotergal grooves V-shaped, the conical ocularium, and the well-marked cheliceral bulla support the new allocation to family Zalmoxidae.
Remark (II): Roewer (1957: 69) originally considered the holotype as a male, with doubts. His doubts were also stated in the label (Fig. 2C). Close examination of the holotype revealed that the specimen is in fact a female.
Type name: Minuides koepckei Roewer, 1956.
Specimen examined: Male holotype SMF 9782-4 (Fig. 3A–C), from PERU, Junin, near Tarma, 3100 m.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the holotype.
Remark (I): Roewer (1956: 432) originally considered the holotype as a female (also stated in the label, Fig. 3D). The enlarged tibia II revealed that it is in fact a male (Fig. 3C). This kind of sexually dimorphic structure, with a supposed glandular function, is found in diverse zalmoxoid species (Kury & Pérez-González 2007, Willemart et al. 2010).
Type name: Chersobleptes tarmanus Roewer, 1956.
Current name: Stygnoleptes tarmanus (Roewer, 1956).
Specimen examined: Female holotype SMF 9694-4 (Fig. 4A, B), from PERU, Junin, Campanillayoc.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the holotype.
Remark (I): Roewer (1956: 431) originally considered the holotype as a male (also stated in the label, Fig. 4C). The close examination of the holotype revealed that, contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female.
Remark (II): The type locality was misspelled as Campanillaya in the label (Fig. 4C) and subsequently published in the same way (Roewer 1956: 430, Kury 2003: 252). The correct spelling of the type locality name is Campanillayoc (11°15’S, 75°38’W), a populated center near Huasahuasi, Department of Junin, Peru.
Type name: Viacha granulata Roewer, 1949.
Specimen examined: Female holotype SMF 9908700 - RII/8700 /40-4 (Fig. 5A, B), from BOLIVIA, La Paz, near Viacha.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the holotype.
Remark (I): Roewer (1949: 18) originally considered the holotype as a male (also stated in the label, Fig. 5C). Close examination of the holotype revealed that contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female.
Type name: Panoplia reimoseri Roewer, 1949
Current name: Panopiliops reimoseri (Roewer, 1949)
Specimen examined: Female holotype SMF 9903022 - RII/3022 /68-4 (Fig. 6A–D), from COSTA RICA, Limón, Hamburg Farm.
Actions: Correction of the sex of the holotype.
Remark (I): besides the label information, Roewer (1949) originally published that the species was collected in nests of Gymnostinops montezuma (Lesson) (currently Psarocolius montezuma, Aves: Passeriformes: Icteridae).
Remark (II): About the locality Hamburg Farm, we can found the following information in Platnick et al. (2014): “Hamburg Farm was the property of the German entomologist Ferdinand Nevermann; it was situated on the banks of the Río Reventazón near Cairo in Limón, Costa Rica. After Nevermann’s death, the farm was purchased by a banana company, and its name is retained by the village of Hamburg, situated at approximately 10.246618°N, 83.464285°W ”.
Remark (III): Roewer (1949: 42) originally considered the holotype as a male (also stated in the label, Fig. 6E). Close examination of the holotype revealed that, contrary to Roewer’s original statement, the specimen is in fact a female. The holotype is stored in the same vial with one female paratype (sex confirmed).
Remark (IV): Kury (2003:248) stated that the type series of Panoplia reimoseri are: “ SMF RII 3879/87-6183/160, male holotype, 10 females paratypes ”, but the type series is composed of the following specimens: female holotype and female paratype SMF 9903022- RII /3022/68-4, eight (8) female paratypes SMF 9903879- RII /3879/87-4, one female paratype SMF 9906183- RII /6183/160-4 and one female paratype SMF 9906406- RII /6406/170-4. All these collection numbers were also stated in the original description by Roewer (1949: 42), but Roewer erroneously counted 11 specimens instead of 12.
description: Published as part of Pérez-González, Abel, Ayala-Apaza, Arli G. & Pereira, Maria Paula, 2024, Incidental notes on some Grassatorean (Arachnida: Opiliones) types of the Senckenberg Naturmuseum (SMF) harvestmen collection, pp. 591-598 in Zootaxa 5405 (4) on pages 593-597, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/10603877