Metagovea philipi Goodnight and Goodnight, 1980

Benavides, Ligia & Giribet, Gonzalo, 2007, An illustrated catalogue of the South American species of the cyphophthalmid family Neogoveidae (Arthropoda, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) with a report on 37 undescribed species, Zootaxa 1509, pp. 1-15 : 6

Metagovea philipi Goodnight and Goodnight, 1980 ( Figs 14–19 )

Metagovea philipi Goodnight and Goodnight, 1980: 130 –131, figs 1–17. Metagovea philipi: Rambla and Juberthie, 1994: 217 .

Types. HOLOTYPE ( Figs 14–16 ): Male ( AMNH) from Los Taxos Cave (3º6’S, 78º12’W), Morona Santiago Province ( Ecuador), N.P. Ashmole. PARATYPES: Eight males (including one mounted on SEM stub, illustrated in de Bivort and Giribet 2004), five females (one illustrated in Figs 17–19 ) and two juveniles ( AMNH). Several paratype specimens from the same locality as for the holotype are deposited at the University of Edinburgh, but we have not examined this material.

1. We have been unable to locate the Rosas Costa collection despite contacting the curators of major Argentinean natural history museums.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 19. Metagovea philipi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1980, male holotype (AMNH) (14 – 16), female paratype (AMNH) (17 – 19). 14, 17 dorsal view; 15, 18 lateral view; 16, 19 ventral view.