Acumontia Loman , 1898

Mendes, Amanda C. & Kury, Adriano B., 2012, Notes on the systematics of the Triaenonychinae from Madagascar with description of a new species of Acumontia Loman (Opiliones: Laniatores), Zootaxa 3593, pp. 40-58 : 41-42

Acumontia Loman, 1898

Acumontia Loman 1898: 528 ; Pocock 1902: 409 (key to species); Pocock 1903: 443; Roewer 1915: 115 (key); Roewer 1923: 609 (key); Staręga 1992: 279 [type species: Acumontia armata Loman , by monotypy].

Tanalaius Roewer 1915: 113 ; Roewer 1923: 609; Roewer 1931: 156 [junior subjective synonym of Acumontia Loman, 1898 by Staręga (1992); type species: Tanalaius alluaudi Roewer , by monotypy; currently under synonymy of Acumontia pococki Roewer ].

Spinimontia Roewer, 1915: 137 ; Roewer 1923: 618 [junior subjective synonym of Acumontia Loman, 1898 by Staręga (1992); type species: Spinimontia lomani Roewer , by monotypy].

Triacumontia Roewer 1915: 122 ; Roewer 1923: 612; Roewer 1931: 156 (key); Lawrence 1959: 34 [junior subjective synonym of Acumontia Loman , by Staręga (1992); type species: not designated].

Triaenomontia Roewer 1915: 133 ; Roewer 1923: 617 [junior subjective synonym of Triacumontia Roewer by Lawrence (1959); type species: not designated].

Bezavonia Roewer 1949: 289 [junior subjective synonym of Acumontia Loman by Lawrence (1959); type species: Bezavonia remyi Roewer , by original designation].

Included species. Acumontia alluaudi ( Roewer, 1915) , Acumontia armata Loman, 1898 , Acumontia capitata ( Lawrence, 1959) , Acumontia cowani Pocock, 1902 , Acumontia echinata Pocock, 1903 , Acumontia flavispina ( Lawrence, 1959) , Acumontia hispida ( Roewer, 1915) , Acumontia horrida ( Roewer, 1915) , Acumontia hystrix ( Lawrence, 1959) , Acumontia longipes Lawrence, 1959 , Acumontia majori Pocock, 1902 , Acumontia milloti ( Lawrence, 1959) , Acumontia nigra ( Lawrence, 1959) , Acumontia pococki Roewer, 1915 , Acumontia remyi ( Roewer, 1949) , Acumontia roberti Pocock, 1903 , Acumontia roeweri Staręga, 1992 (valid replacement name for Triacumontia pococki Roewer, 1915 ), Acumontia rostrata Pocock, 1902 , Acumontia soerenseni ( Roewer, 1915) , Acumontia spinifrons ( Roewer, 1915) , Acumontia succinea sp. nov., Acumontia venator ( Roewer, 1931) .

Diagnosis. Differs from Flavonuncia and Hovanuncia by the presence of spines on the abdominal scutum. Differs from Decarynella and Paulianyx by spines of area III being always larger than spines of dorsum of the femur of pedipalp. Differs from Millomontia and Millotonyx by the presence of spines or tubercles on free tergites instead of round granules. Differs from Ivohibea by the absence of a long dorsal spine on base of femora II–IV.

Notes. Currently, there are not any diagnostic features which distinguish Antongila from Acumontia . The genus is monotypic and the description was probably based in a female ( Lawrence 1959: 45). According to Lawrence (1959), Antongila spinigera is close to Acumontia flavispina .