Cimmerosiro, Karaman & Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024

Karaman, Ivo M., Mitov, Plamen G. & Snegovaya, Nataly, 2024, Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 921 (1), pp. 173-209 : 188

Genus Cimmerosiro gen. nov.

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Type species

Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov.

Included species

Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov., C. juberthiei gen. et sp. nov. and C. rhodiensis gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Ovipositor apical lobi with a long terminal, 3 equal, slightly shorter laterodistal and a shorter mediodistal setae ( Fig. 12 ). Posterior margin of female genital orifice very thick and strongly conveX, lip-like ( Fig. 2F ). Digiti mobiles mediales of spermatopositor terminally fimbriate. Digiti mobiles laterales of irregular rod-shaped form. Claws III prolaterally with a comb-like row of spines.

Etymology

The genus prefiX is derived from the name Cimmeria, the ancient continent to whose western part we associate the origin and distribution of the family Parasironidae . The suffiX is the name of the genus Siro , a common suffiX applied to cyphophthalmid genera. Gender masculine.

Figures

Fig. 12. Distal portion of ovipositor, dorsal view. A. Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov. (CIK). B. C. juberthiei gen. et sp. nov. (MHNG). C. C. rhodiensis gen. et sp. nov. (CIK). Scale bar = 100 μm.

Fig. 2. A–E. Prosessus sensitif on telotarsus of leg I. A–B. Ebrosiro coiffaiti (Juberthie, 1956) gen. et comb. nov., male (CIK). C. E. coifaitii, female (CIK). D. Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov., female (CIK). E. C. krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov., male (CIK). F. C. rhodiensis gen. et sp. nov., female, genital orifice (CIK).