Acanthomegabunus sibiricus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000
Creators: name: Tchemeris, A. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Opiliones
Phalangiidae
Acanthomegabunus
Acanthomegabunus sibiricus

description: Acanthomegabunus sibiricus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000
Figs 1, 5, 14–15, 17, Map 1
Acanthomegabunus sibiricus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000: Fig. 1–4 (♂ holotype in SZM, examined).
Type. Holotype ♂ (SZM) from Russia, Krasnoyarsk Province, Ermakovskoye Distr., West Sayany Mts., 2–3 km N of Aradan, Beliy Us River Valley [52°36'N, 93°27'E], 840–850m a.s.l., 8–9.VII.1990 (D. V. Logunov). For the rest of type material studied in the original description of this species see Tsurusaki et al. (2000).
Specimens examined (new localities) RUSSIA: Kemerovo Area: 5 ♂, 1 ♀ (SZM O.001.0170), Novokuznetskii Distr., Kuznetskii Mt. Range, ca. 37 km S of Belogorsk vill., Chemodan Mt., Kil river valley, 30.VII.1995 (N. B. Demidenko); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (SZM O.001.0171), s.l.., 2 km N of Rybnoe Lake, 1400 m a.s.l., 29.VII– 03.VIII.2005 (S. Babina et al.); 2 ♂ (SZM O.001.0172), Gornaya Shoriya, ca. 12 km NNE of Sheregesh Vil., basin of Bolshoi Unas River, 500–700m a.s.l., 07–27.VI.1999 (D. E. Lomakin).— Altai Territory: 2 ♂ (SZM O.001.0162), Charyshskii Distr., upper of Sentelek River, Gor’kii Belok Mt., 1850–1950 m a.s.l., [51o04,05’N 83o35’E], 26.VI.2011 (R. Yu. Dudko); 2 ♂ (SZM), Charyshskii Distr., upper of Belogolosov Korgon River, 1800– 1950m a.s.l., [50o58’N 83o40–41’E], 29.VI.2011 (s.c.); 6 ♂ 1 ♀ (SZM O.001.0163), Charyshskii Distr., Gorelyi Korgon River Valey, 1050–1150 m a.s.l., [51o00–01’N 83o48–49’E], 01.VII.2011 (s.c.); 6 ♂ 4 ♀ (SZM O.001.0164), Tigiretskii Mt. Range, Malyi Tigirek River valley, 500–1000 m a.s.l., 16–18.VI.2000 (s.c.); 4 ♂ 6 ♀ (SZM O.001.0175), Turochakskii Distr., env. of Artybash Vill., 06–23.VII.2003 (S. B. Ivanov); 1 ♂ (SZM O.001.0165), s.l., 20.VI–06.VII.2004 (s.c.); 1 ♂, s.l., 23.VII.2010 (O. Biryukova); 1 ♀ (SZM O.001.0166), Katunskii Mt. Range, Katunskii Reserv., Srednee Kuktinskoe Lake, ca 30 km SE of Ust-Koksa, 1600–2200 m a.s.l., 30.VII–05.VIII.1994 (S. I. Golovatch & A. Ryvkin); 1 ♂ (SZM 001.0112), right bank of Teletskoe Lake, banks of mountain river, 18.VI.2012 (G. N. Azarkina).— Khakassia: 5 ♂ (SZM O.001.0168), West Sayany Mts., 50 km SSW of Tashtyp vill., central part of Khansyn Mt. Range, 1400–2100m a.s.l., 11–24.VII.2000 (D. E. Lomakin); 3 ♂ (SZM O.001.0169), Abakanskii Mt. Range, 60 km WNW of Tashtyp Vill., Bolshaya Kotylga Mt., 1400–1800 m a.s.l., 16–25.VI.2000 (s.c.).— Tuva: 3 ♂ 3 ♀ (SZM O.001.0167), West Sayany Mts, Kurtushibinskyi Mt. Range, c. 10 km NW of Shivilig Vil. [52о14'N, 93о28'E], 1100–1300 m a.s.l., 06–07.VII.1990 (D. V. Logunov); 2 ♂ (SZM O.001.0168), SW Tuva, 10–14 km WNW of Kara-Khol Lake, Monagy River, 1550–1800 m a.s.l. [51o29’N 89o21’E], 13.VI.2007 (R. Yu. Dudko & S. I. Lyubechanskii).
Distribution. The mountains of South Siberia; so far reported from the southern part of Krasnoyarsk Province, the Altai, Kemerovo Area, Khakassia and Tuva, Russia (Map. 1).
Description. See Tsurusaki et al. (2000).
description: Published as part of Tchemeris, A. N., 2015, Taxonomic notes on Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae), with a description of the new species A. altaicus sp. n. from the Altai Mountains of Russia and NE Kazakhstan, pp. 567-574 in Zootaxa 3990 (4) on pages 568-569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/238085