Ancient home or in exile? The easternmost species of genus Starengovia Snegovaya, 2010 found in China (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Nemastomatinae)

By

Zhang, Chao
Martens, Jochen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

770

Pages

105-115

Subjects

East Palaearctic , genitalia , harvestmen , relict species , Starengovia , taxonomy , Yunnan Province

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.25491

 

Abstract

Starengoviaquadrituberculatasp. n. is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China. The new species is distinct from the two other congeners, S.kirgizica Snegovaya, 2010 and S.ivanloebli Martens, 2017, in having two pairs of low submedian tubercles on abdominal areae III and IV; distal margin of the lateral foliate wing-like structures of the penis situated close to the glans base, the short rod-like stylus, the form and position of spines on the stylus of the penis, anvil-shaped tubercles mainly on front margin of prosoma. The occurrence of Starengovia in Yunnan, the second nemastomatine species in China, creates a huge distributional gap of roughly 2700 km distance to its closest neighbor S.ivanloebli in Northwest Pakistan. The historical relations of Chinese nemastomatines are discussed.