Open AccessA new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the north‐eastern states of India
Author(s) -
GIRIBET GONZALO,
SHARMA PRASHANT P.,
BASTAWADE DESHBHUSHAN B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00347.x
Subject(s) - opiliones , biology , genus , zoology , china , new guinea , ecology , geography , archaeology , ethnology , history
We describe a new genus and new species of Cyphophthalmi from north‐eastern India, from the unexplored and extremely wet region lying between China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Bhutan. Meghalaya annandalei sp. nov. , from the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunāchal Pradesh, is an interesting Cyphophthalmi, with eyes located anterior to the ozophore, a modified tibia of leg III of males, and a robust subtriangular adenostyle. The new genus has overall resemblance to the members of the family Stylocellidae, but also has important differences for other characters, which resemble those of the members of the other tropical families Ogoveidae and Troglosironidae. The discovery of additional specimens belonging to other undescribed species indicates the need for arachnological research in that part of south‐eastern Asia. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 151 , 663–670.