Bogania Forster, 1955

Sharma, Prashant P., Kury, Adriano B. & Giribet, Gonzalo, 2011, Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species, Zootaxa 2972, pp. 37-58 : 40

Genus Bogania Forster, 1955

Bogania Forster, 1955 , p. 375;. Staręga 1989, p. 4.

Type species. Bogania granulata Forster, 1955 , by monotypy.

Gender. Feminine.

Diagnosis. Carapace shorter than tergal region, scutum and ocularium granulate. Ocularium removed from anterior margin of carapace. Genital operculum of male large, subtriangular, and extending anteriorly to coxae II; not enlarged in females. Legs unarmed; tarsal formula 3: 5–6: 5: 6. Male genitalia long, slender; ventral plate defined only as a distal setigerous portion of truncus; with numerous small setae and terminating in sharp or blunt process; stragulum long and tubular, stylus flagelliform and needlelike, parastylar lobe prominent; no rutrum and no pergula.

Remarks. Originally in Phalangodinae, transferred to Zalmoxidae by Staręga (1989). The absence of a rutrum and pergula, which are the defining synapomorphies for Zalmoxidae + Fissiphalliidae , indicates that Bogania should be removed from the former. Bogania should be considered as a member of Phalangodidae new familial assignment, based on the close similarities between the genitalic structures of Bogania species and true phalangodids ( Cantrell, 1980).