Kofiniotis Roewer, 1940

SCHÖNHOFER, AXEL L., 2013, Axel L. Schönhofer, Zootaxa 3679 (1), pp. 1-68 : 52-56

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Genus Kofiniotis Roewer, 1940 View in CoL (1 species)

Kofiniotis Roewer, 1940: 29 View in CoL ; type species Kofiniotis creticus Roewer, 1940 View in CoL by monotypy and original designation;— Roewer 1950: 56; Šilhavý 1967: 176.

Konfiniotis — Roewer, 1940: 29.

Etymology. Gender masculine; Roewer (1940) spelled “ Konfiniotis ” in the header of the genus description and “ Kofiniotis ” elsewhere. No meaning for Kofiniotis was given, but Konfiniotis , derived from the Latin “confinium”, the “bordered” or “limited”, is reasonable in view of the species exhibiting rows of long papillae along the legs to “confine” several of the distal segments. However, Roewer did not explain the etymology to infer a spelling error. According to ICZN 24.2.4, Roewer (1950: 56) as first revising author fixed Kofiniotis by listing only this name. The gender of the species-name creticus specifies the gender of the genus as masculine (ICZN 30.2.3).

creticus Roewer, 1940: 29 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Greece, Crete, Meskla. Remarks. The type locality is likely erroneous as the species was never collected again on Crete and as the type label states “Topolia Cave”, a locality which Roewer used for several problematic species ( Helversen & Martens 1972). It is advised to use “ Greece, Levkas Island”, the second reported ( Roewer 1950) and reconfirmed locality ( Schönhofer & Martens 2010a) as type locality.

Genus Trogulus Latreille, 1802 View in CoL (32 species)

Trogulus Latreille, 1802: 61 View in CoL ; type species Acarus nepaeformis Scopoli, 1763 by subsequent designation ( Thorell 1876: 468).

Metopoctea Simon, 1879a: 309 View in CoL ; type species Phalangium melanotarsum Hermann, 1804 , here designated type species as none was designated before;—syn. Dahl, 1903: 283.

Trogolus —C.L. Koch 1839a: 7 (misspelling).

Remarks. Schönhofer and Martens (2010a) showed that cryptic diversity was largely underestimated. The revision of the genus is a tedious process due to its homogeneous morphology.

Etymology. Gender masculine; Latreille (1802: 61) stated the chelicerae and palps to be hidden under a small hood (coqueluchon = petite capuchon) and applied the name “Trogule”. The exact meaning remains unclear, while in view of Latreille’s explanation the interpretation of Perrier et al. (1929; de “trogein”, rongé = gnawed) has to be rejected.

aquaticus Simon, 1879a ; loc. typ.: France, Corsica, Haute Corse, Corte.

Trogulus aquaticus Simon, 1879a: 306 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 533 (redescr.).

Metopoctea exarata Simon, 1879a: 310 View in CoL ; syn. n.

Trogulus exaratus — Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 553 (considered invalid).

Remarks. Simon’s original description of exarata (1879a: 306) matches only the largest specimen of the syntype series, thereby identifiable as its lectotype (ICZN 74.4). The lectotype represents a juvenile of aquaticus (7.5 mm body length, length of the tarsal segments II almost equal), fixing the type locality to Corsica (ICZN 76.2). The other juvenile paralectotypes cannot be assigned and may originate from other localities mentioned in the description, e.g. the Pyrenees. Metopoctea exarata is hereby placed in the synonymy of Trogulus aquaticus , against Schönhofer and Martens’ (2008: 553) recommendation to neglect exarata without affiliating it to a species. Schönhofer and Martens (2008: 553) specified a neotype for aquaticus , which, in fact, is a lectotype, because it originates from the syntype series.

balearicus Schönhofer & Martens, 2008: 537; loc. typ.: Spain, Balearic Islands, Ibiza, Sierra Grosa, valley facing to San José.

banaticus Avram, 1971 ; loc. typ.: Romania, Banat Mountains, Scorilla Valley, Poiana Mărului.

Trogulus banaticus Avram, 1971: 261 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Novak 2011: 8; Schönhofer et al. 2013a: 371 (both redescr.).

cisalpinus Chemini & Martens, 1988: 71 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Italy, Como, Brunate.

closanicus Avram, 1971 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Romania, Carpathian, Plateau de Mehedintzi, CloŞani.

Trogulus closanicus Avram, 1971: 256 View in CoL ;— Weiss 1978: 226; Chemini 1984: 57 (redescr.).

Trogulus asperatus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 146 ; nomen oblitum: The holotype of asperatus represents a not assignable juvenile of the nepaeformis-squamatus -complex, of which at the type locality of asperatus (Zweibrücken, Germany) only closanicus View in CoL was found abundant. As the name never played a role in the taxonomic literature, it is proposed as a nomen oblitum and closanicus View in CoL as a nomen protectum (see Remarks on niger under nepaeformis ).

coriziformis C.L. Koch, 1839a View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Italy, Lazio, Roma Prov., Monti della Tolfa, between Tolfa and Rota (restricted by neotype locality; Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 538).

Trogulus coriziformis C.L. Koch, 1839a: 128 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 538 (redescr.).

Trogulus salfii De Lerma, 1948: 160 View in CoL ;—syn. Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 538.

cristatus Simon, 1879a View in CoL ; loc. typ.: France, Provence, Dép. Alpes-Maritimes.

Trogulus cristatus Simon, 1879a: 308 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 543 (redescr.).

falcipenis Komposch, 2000 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Austria, Carinthia, Karawanken, Koschuta, S Zell-Pfarre.

Trogulus falcipenis Komposch, 2000: 2 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Martens 2009: 1239 (redef.).

graecus, Dahl, 1903 , loc. typ.: Greece (not further specified).

Trogulus graecus Dahl, 1903: 285 View in CoL .

Trogulus corcyraeus Dahl, 1903: 285 View in CoL ;—syn. Staręga 1976: 301. Remarks. Schönhofer and Martens (2010a) assumed that many cryptic species were summarised under the name graecus View in CoL . Trogulus corcyraeus View in CoL (loc. typ.: Greece, Corfu) likely belongs to one of these cryptic species and should be considered for a revision (Schönhofer 2009: 176).

gypseus Simon, 1879b: 75; loc. typ.: Jerusalem. Remarks. Schönhofer and Martens (2010) assumed several cryptic species summarised under this name.

hirtus Dahl, 1903 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Konjsko.

Trogulus tricarinatus View in CoL subspecies hirta Dahl, 1903: 289.

Trogulus tricarinatus hirtus View in CoL — Roewer 1923: 641.

Trogulus hirtus View in CoL — Schönhofer & Martens 2009: 1226 (redescr.).

huberi Schönhofer & Martens, 2008: 548; loc. typ.: Portugal, Algarve, 50 km N Faro, Alte.

karamanorum Schönhofer & Martens, 2009: 1244; loc. typ.: Republic of Macedonia, Gostivar, near Gjonovica

Cave.

lusitanicus Giltay, 1931 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Portugal, Lisboa, Sintra (Cintra).

Trogulus lusitanicus Giltay, 1931: 1 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer & Martens 2008: 549 (redescr.).

Remarks. T. lusitanicus includes cryptic species ( Schönhofer & Martens 2008).

martensi Chemini, 1983 ; nomen protectum; loc. typ.: Italy, Trento, Pergine Valsugana.

Trogulus martensi Chemini, 1983: 125 View in CoL .

Trogulus tuberculatus Canestrini, 1874: 221 View in CoL ; nomen oblitum: Chemini (1986) did not mention T. tuberculatus View in CoL from the Canestrini Collection, and the type can be presumed lost. Trogulus martensi View in CoL is widespread and abundant in the Po-Valley and is the only species likely to occur at the type locality of tuberculatus View in CoL ( Italy, Padova, Cervarese). However, tuberculatus View in CoL is not recognisable from the description, featuring a juvenile (e.g. body ash-grey, only tarsi dark) and compared with other Trogulus View in CoL of questionable definition ( nepaeformis sensu Koch 1839a ; squalidus , asperatus ). Furthermore, the name Trogulus tuberculatus View in CoL has not played a role in taxonomic literature after 1899 (only once mentioned as a synonym; Roewer 1923: 639; ICZN 23.9.1.1) and a minimum of 25 works mention T. martensi View in CoL (ICZN 23.9.1.2). Trogulus tuberculatus View in CoL is suggested as nomen oblitum (ICZN 23.9) to favour the established name Trogulus martensi View in CoL (nomen protectum).

megaligrava Schönhofer et al., 2013a: 373; loc. typ.: Greece, Corfu, S Loutses, Megali Grava Cave.

melitensis Schönhofer & Martens, 2009: 1236; loc. typ.: Croatia, Mljet Island, Soline, Bjejajka, in pit Jama u uvali šume Bjejajka.

nepaeformis ( Scopoli, 1763) ; loc. typ.: Scopoli (1763) stated only “Discovered once in moss near beech roots”. T. Novak (pers. comm.) assumed that the type was collected at Scopolis workplace, Slovenia, Idrija, where the species is present and which should be fixed as type locality .

Acarus nepaeformis Scopoli, 1763 (in index without page numbers).

Acarus nepeformis — Scopoli, 1763: 390.

Phalangium rostratum Latreille, 1798: 114 ;—syn. Dahl 1903: 288.

Trogulus nepaeformis View in CoL — Latreille 1802: 61.

Trogulus rostratum View in CoL — Latreille 1802: 61.

Phalangium melanotarsum Hermann, 1804: 103 ;—syn. Dahl (1903: 288). Remarks. Hermann’s (1804) drawings of melanotarsum show an early instar not assignable to any species. At the locus typicus (Strasbourg, France) presence of four species is possible, but no later reference to melanotarsum can be clearly associated with any of these (e.g. Koch 1839a, Simon 1879 a, Ausserer 1867, Kraepelin 1896) or other species. The type is lost and the name never played a role in systematic literature (Schönhofer 2009: 181). Here, Dahl (1903: 288) is followed, suggesting T. melanotarsus View in CoL as a synonym of T. nepaeformis View in CoL .

Trogulus niger C.L. Koch, 1836a: 136 View in CoL ;—C.L. Koch 1839a: 138; syn. Dahl 1903: 287. Remarks. A Trogulus View in CoL from BMNH is labelled niger View in CoL and the museum data (not the label) states “Triest” as locality and “Graf Jeniston” as the collector, conforming to C.L. Koch’s data of the type. It is not labelled as type and should not be considered one to keep the name in synonymy, as it never played a role in taxonomic literature. Trogulus niger View in CoL was already considered as a synonym of nepaeformis View in CoL by Dahl (1903: 287) and Roewer (1923: 639), only discussed by Hadži (1928: 9), who confused tingiformis View in CoL for nepaeformis View in CoL and nepaeformis View in CoL for niger View in CoL . The BMNH specimen conforms to Trogulus closanicus Avram, 1971 View in CoL , a name in prevailing use since the species was accepted by Weiss (1978) and redescribed by Chemini (1984). References for Germany alone ( Staudt 2013) provide the required minimum of 25 works (ICZN 23.9.1.2). In case of doubt, protecting closanicus View in CoL and considering niger View in CoL as nomen oblitum is advised.

Trogulus melanotarsus View in CoL —C.L. Koch 1839a: 148.

Trogulus perforaticeps Ausserer, 1867: 169 ;—syn. Dahl 1903: 288.

Trogulus nepiformis — Thorell 1876: 468; Latreille 1804: 328 (misspelling).

Anelasmocephalus niger — Simon 1879a: 301.

Metopoctea melanotarsus — Simon 1879a: 309.

Siro inaequipes Karsch, 1884: 146 ;—syn. Dahl 1903: 288.

Trogulus galasensis Avram, 1971: 255 ; syn. n.: Weiss doubted the species status of galasensis and pointed to the similarity with T. nepaeformis View in CoL and T. martensi View in CoL ( Weiss 1978: 226; 1998: 26). Although the penis depicted by Avram (1971) is damaged, it is similar to that of T. nepaeformis View in CoL . Until the species is collected again at the type locality ( Romania, Apuseni Mountains, Vallée du CriŞ Repede) the name should be treated as a synonym of T. nepaeformis View in CoL (contradictory to Schönhofer 2009: 177; proposed as a nomen oblitum).

Trogulus roeweri Avram, 1971: 257 ; syn. n.: The type locality of roeweri is vague ( Bosnia), the type series is questionable (should contain a male and a female, but contains 3 females; the label states 8 specimens), and the description is based on a damaged male (Schönhofer 2009: 177). Weiss (1978: 226) questioned species status of roeweri and compared it with nepaeformis View in CoL , which is here followed.

oltenicus Avram, 1971: 242; loc. typ.: Romania, Carpathian, Plateau de Mehedintzi, Massif de Vîrotape, N ObîrŞia CloŞani. Remarks. Recollected from Romania, oltenicus can be considered as valid. A redescription is necessary to explain what Avram (1971) meant and to delineate it from similar species summarised in T. tricarinatus (Schönhofer 2009: 182) View in CoL . As only one male was available for description, holotype and type locality are unambiguous, although they were not specified.

ozimeci Schönhofer et al., 2013a: 374; loc. typ.: Kroatia, Dubrovnik, Osojnik, Močiljska špilja.

pharensis Schönhofer & Martens, 2009: 1234; loc. typ.: Croatia, Hvar Island, entrance of road tunnel from Pitve to

Zavala.

prietoi Schönhofer & Martens, 2008: 551; loc. typ.: Spain, Andalucía, Málaga Prov., ruins 6 km S of Villanueva de la Concepcion.

pyrenaicus Schönhofer & Martens, 2008: 552 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Spain, Aragón, Huesca Prov., Pyrenees, Parque Nacional de Ordesa-Monte Perdido, Monte Perdido, Torla.

rossicus Šilhavý, 1968: 25 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Russia, Kuban, Gorjačij ključ.

setosissimus Roewer, 1940 View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Croatia, Hvar Island (Lesina).

Trogulus setosissimus Roewer, 1940: 28 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer et al., 2013a: 379 (redescr.).

squamatus C.L. Koch, 1839a View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Dalmatia. Remarks. According to the historic definition of Dalmatia and known distribution of T. squamatus View in CoL , the type locality narrows down to the coastal area between the Gulf of Kotor and the mouth of the Neretva River. The species is otherwise abundant in large parts of Montenegro.

Trogulus squamatus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 140 View in CoL ;— Westwood (1874: 202).

Trogulus squammatus —C.L. Koch 1850: 98 (misspelling).

tenuitarsus Schönhofer et al., 2013a: 376; loc. typ.: Macedonia: Bistra Mountain, Monastir Sveti Jovan Bigorski near Rostuše.

thaleri Schönhofer & Martens, 2009: 1230; loc. typ.: Croatia: Drvenik. tingiformis C.L. Koch, 1847 ; loc. typ.: Germany, Upper Bavaria (not further specified).

Trogulus tingiformis C.L. Koch, 1847: 70 View in CoL (not 1848; see Brignoli 1985);— Martens 1978: 172 (redescr.). Trogulus gruberi Avram, 1971: 259 ;—syn. Martens 1978: 172.

tricarinatus ( Linnaeus, 1767) View in CoL ; loc. typ.: Germany, Saxony, Dresden.

Phalangium tricarinatum Linnaeus, 1767: 1029 .

Phalangium carinatum — Olivier 1792: 460 (misspelling).

Trogulus squalidus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 143 ;—syn. Dahl 1903: 289.

Trogulus tricarinatus View in CoL —C.L. Koch 1839a: 145 (redefinition).

Remarks. Schönhofer and Martens (2010a) assumed several cryptic species summarised under this name.

torosus Simon, 1885b ; loc. typ.: Montenegro, Spica, Sutomore.

Trogulus torosus Simon, 1885b: 218 View in CoL ;— Schönhofer et al. 2013a: 381 (redescr.).

uncinatus Gruber, 1969: 83; loc. typ.: Turkey, Yalova.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

Family

Trogulidae

Loc

Kofiniotis Roewer, 1940

SCHÖNHOFER, AXEL L. 2013
2013
Loc

Trogulus hirtus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2009: 1226
2009
Loc

Trogulus exaratus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 553
2008
Loc

coriziformis C.L. Koch, 1839a

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 538
2008
Loc

pyrenaicus Schönhofer & Martens, 2008: 552

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 552
2008
Loc

Trogulus falcipenis

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2009: 1239
Komposch, C. 2000: 2
2000
Loc

cisalpinus Chemini & Martens, 1988: 71

Martens, J. & Chemini, C. 1988: 71
1988
Loc

Trogulus martensi

Chemini, C. 1983: 125
1983
Loc

Trogulus banaticus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Karaman, I. M. & Martens, J. 2013: 371
Schonhofer, A. L. & Novak, T. 2011: 8
Avram, S. 1971: 261
1971
Loc

Trogulus closanicus

Chemini, C. 1984: 57
Weiss, I. 1978: 226
Avram, S. 1971: 256
1971
Loc

Trogulus galasensis

Weiss, I. 1998: 26
Weiss, I. 1978: 226
Avram, S. 1971: 255
1971
Loc

Trogulus roeweri

Weiss, I. 1978: 226
Avram, S. 1971: 257
1971
Loc

rossicus Šilhavý, 1968: 25

Silhavy, V. 1968: 25
1968
Loc

Trogulus salfii

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 538
De Lerma, B. 1948: 160
1948
Loc

Kofiniotis

Silhavy, V. 1967: 176
Roewer, C. F. 1950: 56
Roewer, C. F. 1940: 29
1940
Loc

Konfiniotis

Roewer, C. F. 1940: 29
1940
Loc

creticus

Roewer, C. F. 1940: 29
1940
Loc

Trogulus setosissimus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Karaman, I. M. & Martens, J. 2013: 379
Roewer, C. F. 1940: 28
1940
Loc

Trogulus lusitanicus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 549
Giltay, L. 1931: 1
1931
Loc

Trogulus tricarinatus hirtus

Roewer, C. F. 1923: 641
1923
Loc

Trogulus graecus

Dahl, F. 1903: 285
1903
Loc

Trogulus corcyraeus

Starega, W. 1976: 301
Dahl, F. 1903: 285
1903
Loc

Trogulus tricarinatus

Dahl, F. 1903: 289
1903
Loc

Trogulus torosus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Karaman, I. M. & Martens, J. 2013: 381
Simon, E. 1885: 218
1885
Loc

Siro inaequipes

Dahl, F. 1903: 288
Karsch, F. 1884: 146
1884
Loc

Metopoctea

Dahl, F. 1903: 283
Simon, E. 1879: 309
1879
Loc

Trogulus aquaticus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 533
Simon, E. 1879: 306
1879
Loc

Metopoctea exarata

Simon, E. 1879: 310
1879
Loc

Trogulus cristatus

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 543
Simon, E. 1879: 308
1879
Loc

Anelasmocephalus niger

Simon, E. 1879: 301
1879
Loc

Metopoctea melanotarsus

Simon, E. 1879: 309
1879
Loc

Trogulus nepiformis

Thorell, T. 1876: 468
Latreille, P. A. 1804: 328
1876
Loc

Trogulus tuberculatus

Roewer, C. F. 1923: 639
Canestrini, G. 1874: 221
1874
Loc

Trogulus perforaticeps

Dahl, F. 1903: 288
Ausserer, A. 1867: 169
1867
Loc

Trogulus squammatus

Koch, C. L. 1850: 98
1850
Loc

Trogulus tingiformis C.L. Koch, 1847: 70

Martens, J. 1978: 172
Martens, J. 1978: 172
Avram, S. 1971: 259
Koch, C. L. 1847: 70
1847
Loc

Trogulus asperatus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 146

Koch, C. L. 1839: 146
1839
Loc

Trogulus coriziformis C.L. Koch, 1839a: 128

Schonhofer, A. L. & Martens, J. 2008: 538
Koch, C. L. 1839: 128
1839
Loc

Trogulus melanotarsus

Koch, C. L. 1839: 148
1839
Loc

Trogulus squamatus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 140

Westwood, J. O. 1874: 202
Koch, C. L. 1839: 140
1839
Loc

Trogulus squalidus C.L. Koch, 1839a: 143

Dahl, F. 1903: 289
Koch, C. L. 1839: 143
1839
Loc

Trogulus tricarinatus

Koch, C. L. 1839: 145
1839
Loc

Trogulus niger C.L. Koch, 1836a: 136

Hadzi, J. 1928: 9
Roewer, C. F. 1923: 639
Dahl, F. 1903: 287
Dahl, F. 1903: 287
Koch, C. L. 1839: 138
Koch, C. L. 1836: 136
1836
Loc

Phalangium melanotarsum

Dahl, F. 1903: 288
Dahl, F. 1903: 288
Hermann, J. F. 1804: 103
1804
Loc

Trogulus

Thorell, T. 1876: 468
Latreille, P. A. 1802: 61
1802
Loc

Latreille, P. A. 1802: 61
1802
Loc

Trogulus rostratum

Latreille, P. A. 1802: 61
1802
Loc

Phalangium rostratum

Dahl, F. 1903: 288
Latreille, P. A. 1798: 114
1798
Loc

Phalangium carinatum

Olivier, G. A. 1792: 460
1792
Loc

Phalangium tricarinatum

Linnaeus, C. 1767: 1029
1767
Loc

Acarus nepeformis

Scopoli, J. A. 1763: 390
1763
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