Forsteropsalis distincta ( Forster 1964 ) Taylor, 2011

Taylor, Christopher K., 2011, Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification 2773, Zootaxa 2773 (1), pp. 1-65 : 50

Forsteropsalis distincta ( Forster 1964) new combination

Pantopsalis distincta Forster 1964: 110–112 , figs 152–153, 161–162, 171–173.

Megalopsalis distincta (Forster) — Taylor 2004: 61.

Material examined. AU. 1 female, Laurie Harbour , Terror Cove, Auckland I, New Zealand, 1 March 1981, under logs ( NZAC) .

Comments. A single female specimen of this species was examined. Despite the statement by Forster (1964) that the male of this species lacks an apophysis on the pedipalpal patella, the female has a small pointed apophysis on the patella as otherwise found only in Forsteropsalis species. Pantopsalis distincta is therefore most likely a species of this genus. The type specimen was deposited at the Canterbury Museum (CMNZ), but could not be located (S. Pollard, personal communication 2001).