Psalenoba

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Psalenoba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Triaenonychidae
Genus: Psalenoba
Roewer, 1931
Species:
P. nunciaeformis
Binomial name
Psalenoba nunciaeformis
Roewer, 1931

Psalenoba, is a genus of harvestmen in a monotypic genus in the family Triaenonychidae. The genus contains a single species Psalenoba nunciaeformis. [1] [2] They are endemic to New Zealand, with no further details. [1] [3] [4] [5]

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Description

The genus Psalenoba differs markedly from others the structure of the male pedipalp and first legs. [5]

Etymology

Caution should be taken with the misspelling of the species epithet as "nunciaeformes" found in some databases (e.g. [6] ). This does not reflect the original spelling, nor can it be a justified emendation.[ citation needed ]

The origin of the species epithet "nunciaeformis" is not explained in the original description, [5] but it can be formed from modification of the existing genus Nuncia Loman, 1902, plus a perhaps malformed joining -e- before an adjectival suffix in nominative singular -formis. Several other related genera also have names derived from Nuncia Loman, 1902, such as Allonuncia Hickman, 1958, Austronuncia Lawrence, 1931, Bryonuncia Hickman, 1958.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Psalenoba". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Psalenoba". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Psalenoba". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  4. ↑ "Psalenoba". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. 1 2 3 Roewer, C. (1963). "Über Triaenonychiden (6. Ergänzung der "Weberknechte der Erde", 1923)". AZeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie (in German). 138 (1): 137–185.
  6. ↑ "Psalenoba nunciaeformes Roewer, 1931". Biota of New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-08-24.


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