Bonea Roewer, 1914

Zhang, Chao, Kury, Adriano B. & Zhang, Feng, 2013, Notes on Bonea Roewer, 1914 and Lomanius Roewer, 1923 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Podoctidae), with the description of three new species from China, Zootaxa 3630 (2), pp. 201-224 : 204

Bonea Roewer, 1914

Bonea Roewer 1914: 87 –88; Roewer 1923: 160; Suzuki 1977b: 37.

Zmissolus Roewer 1927: 311 [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Zmissolus cippatus Roewer, 1927 , by monotypy].

Posisus Roewer 1949: 258 (misspelled as Posissus by Suzuki in 1977b) [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Posisus albertus Roewer, 1949 , by original designation].

Kappacola Roewer 1949: 260 [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Kappacola silvestris Roewer, 1949 , by original designation].

Nurullus Roewer 1949: 262 [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Nurullus armatissimus Roewer, 1949 , by original designation].

Suraplus Roewer 1949: 262 [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Suraplus palpalis Roewer, 1949 , by original designation].

Parabonea Roewer 1949: 262 [junior subjective synonym of Bonea Roewer, 1914 by Suzuki (1977b); type species: Parabonea scopulata Roewer, 1949 b, by original designation].

Type species: Bonea sarasinorum Roewer, 1914 , by original designation.

Etymology: The name Bonea is derived from the Bone River in Sulawesi. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5–4 mm. Carapace with a row of tubercles on each side of front margin near anterolateral corner. Eyes separated, without a common eye mound. Enlarged, basally widened median spine protruding forward between the eyes (interocular mound). Opisthosomal region of scutum with five areas whose grooves are armed with a row of tubercular bridges. Coxa II retrolaterally with an enlarged tubercle. Pedipalpus elongate and slender, femur usually with five setiferous tubercles ventrally and one setiferous tubercle prolatero-distally, its patella usually with two prolateral and one retrolateral setiferous tubercle. Femur I with large spines dorsally and ventrally. Distal margin of ventral plate of penis with deep cleft; basal sac and lamellar sack sunken into a pit formed by the ventral plate; clasping lobe bifurcated, protruding beyond distal margin of glans; stylus between the clasping lobes usually sunken into lamellar sack; stylar tip blunt. Basal sac sunken into truncus. Each lobe of ovipositor usually with two ventral and three dorsal setae. Male secondary sexual characters consist of the longer pedipalpus or pedipalpal femur basally swollen and bottle-like in shape, cheliceral bulla very attenuate, heavier teeth on the chelicera and larger interocular spine.

Distribution. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and China.

Included species. B. albertus (Roewer, 1949) ; B. armatissima (Roewer, 1949) ; B. cippata (Roewer, 1927) ; B. longipalpis Suzuki, 1977 ; B. palpalis (Roewer, 1949) ; * B. sarasinorum Roewer, 1914 ; B. scopulata (Roewer, 1949) ; B. silvestris (Roewer, 1949) ; B. tridigitata sp. nov. and B. zhui sp. nov.