Eutimesius

Eutimesius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Superfamily:	Gonyleptoidea
Family:	Stygnidae
Subfamily:	Heterostygninae
Genus:	Eutimesius Roewer, 1913
Type species
Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913
Species
See text
Diversity
5 species

Eutimesius is a genus of harvestmen in the family Stygnidae with five described species (as of 2024). ^{[1] [2]} All species are found in South America. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Description

The genus Eutimesius was described by Roewer, 1913, with the type species Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913. They are diagnosed by the cephalothorax with one enlarged eminence; dorsal scute with white spots; area III with two spines; and the penis with distal U-shaped cleft, ventral plate narrow and long at base; stylus with dorsal process and the basal half of the glans membranous (See Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Giribet, 1997)

Species

These species belong to the genus Eutimesius:

• Eutimesius albicinctus (Roewer, 1915) – Venezuela (Mérida).
• Eutimesius ephippiatus (Roewer, 1915) –Colombia (Quindío).
• Eutimesius ornatus (Roewer, 1943) –Colombia (Cundinamarca); Venezuela(Táchira).
• Eutimesius punctatus (Roewer, 1913) –Venezuela (Mérida).
• Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913 –Brazil (Amazonas); Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador (Sucumbíos, Los Ríos); Peru (Loreto).

Etymology

The genus is Masculine. From Greek εὖ (rightful, proper, good) + pre-existing genus Timesius.

References

1. "Eutimesius". Kury, A. et al. (2024). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. "Eutimesius". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. "Eutimesius". iNaturalist. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
4. "Eutimesius". GBIF. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

Further reading

• Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN   0-674-02343-9

External links

• Data related to Eutimesius at Wikispecies