Metapellobunus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Genus: | Metapellobunus Roewer, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Pellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912
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| Diversity | |
| 3 spp. (see text) | |
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Metapellobunus is a genus of harvestmen in the Grassatores with three described species (as of January 2025).[1][2] Two species are found in the Lesser Antilles, and one in Ecuador.[1][3] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).[4]
Description
[edit]The genus Metapellobunus was described by Roewer, 1923[5] with the type species Pellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912.[6]
Species
[edit]These species belong to the genus Metapellobunus:
- Metapellobunus lapidosus Roewer, 1928 – Ecuador
- Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight & Goodnight 1942) – Dominica
- Metapellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912 – US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas.)
Etymology
[edit]The genus is masculine.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Metapellobunus". Kury et al. (2025). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Metapellobunus Roewer, 1923". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Metapellobunus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Pérez-González, Abel; Mamani, Vanesa; Proud, Daniel N. (2025). "On the genus Neoscotolemon (Opiliones: Laniatores: Samooidea incertae sedis) with the description of one new species". Zootaxa. 5563 (1): 109–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.11.
- ^ Roewer, Carl F. (1923). Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Jena, Germany: Gustav Fischer. pp. 1–1116.
- ^ Roewer, Carl F. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren)". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 19 (4): 1–294.
Further reading
[edit]- 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
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Data related to Metapellobunus at Wikispecies
