
Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list: Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on "Crosbycus" goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae)
Author(s) -
William A. Shear
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.1945.1.4
Subject(s) - opiliones , biology , zoology , ecology , cave , genealogy , history
The harvestman species Phalangomma virginicum was described by Roewer (1949) from Fountain Cave, Virginia, as a member of the family Phalangodidae. Since then, the species has been mentioned only twice, in catalogs (Rambla & Juberthie 1994; Kury 2003), and otherwise has been ignored for 60 years by North American biospeleologists and opilionologists alike.