Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914

Novak, Tone, Novak, Ljuba Slana, Kozel, Peter, Schaider, Miriam Gudrun, Komposch, Christian, Lipovšek, Saška, Podlesnik, Jan, Paušič, Igor & Raspotnig, Günther, 2021, Hidden diversity within the Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914 complex (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) Part I: Morphological evidence, European Journal of Taxonomy 777, pp. 1-67 : 8

Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914

Nemastoma bidentatum Roewer, 1914: 141 , figs 20a–d (original description) [partim; type series also includes N. triste ].

Nemastoma bidentatum – Roewer 1923: 658, figs 817a–d [partim; type series also includes N. triste ]. — Gruber & Martens 1968: 141–142 (redescription). — Martens 1978: 106–107. — Schönhofer 2013: 36.

Diagnosis (according to Gruber & Martens 1968, slightly modified)

Species of the Nemastoma b. complex with male Pa-Fe having either at least two conspicuous spines or long, rigid setae instead of some spines, or 6–7 irregular tubercles, or 5–11 denticles, and Pa-Fe min:max width 1:2.5–3.5, Rec sem with 1 or none tubular and 12–18 balloon-like vesicles.

Remarks

To date, the species includes six subspecies: N. b. bidentatum Roewer, 1914 , N. b. sparsum Gruber & Martens, 1968, and the newly discovered N. b. gruberi Novak, Slana Novak, Kozel & Raspotnig ssp. nov., N. b. martensi Novak, Slana Novak & Raspotnig ssp. nov., N. b. schmidti Novak, Raspotnig & Slana Novak ssp. nov. and N. b. sneznikensis Novak, Komposch, Slana Novak & Raspotnig ssp. nov.