Arucillus

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Arucillus
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Arucillus armasi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Gonyleptoidea
Family: Cosmetidae
Subfamily: Metergininae
Genus: Arucillus
Šilhavý, 1971
Type species
Arucillus hispaniolicus
Šilhavý, 1971
Diversity
2 spp. (see text)
Synonyms

None

Arucillus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with two described species (as of early 2025). [1] [2] All species are from Central America or South America. [1] [3] [4] An overview of the wider phylogeny was stated by Medrano et al. (2024) favoring a placement in Metergininae but acknowledging that Arucillus appeared among Libitiinae in all other analyses, in some cases appearing allied to some externally similar species from Mexico and Antilles, those currently in the genera Holovonones and Vonones .

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Description

The genus Arucillus was described by Šilhavý, 1971 with the type species Arucillus hispaniolicus Šilhavý, 1971. The genus was later included in the subfamily Metergininae. [5] [6]

Species

These species belong to the genus Arucillus:

Etymology

The genus is masculine. Genus name origin is uncertain, but may derive from modification of Loma Rucilla (the type locality) + masculine Latin suffix -us. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arucillus". Kury, A. et al. (2025). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Arucillus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Arucillus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Arucillus". GBIF. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Medrano, Miguel; Kury, Adriano Brilhante; Mendes, Amanda Cruz (2022). "Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (2): 585–672. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043.
  6. ↑ Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus". Journal of Natural History. 58 (9–12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966.

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