Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912

Bauer, Christian & Prieto, Carlos E., 2009, Three new Assamiidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Cameroon, with a redescription of Chilon robustus and comments on related species, Zootaxa 2059, pp. 1-22 : 20

Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912

Figs 60–63

Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912: 93 .

Material studied. 1 3 syntype ("cotype") ( SMF /RI-387), Ssibange ( Gabon), Roewer det.

Description of penis ( Figs 60–63 ). Total length, 3.95. Stalk long and slender, widening progressively towards apex. Neck relatively wide. Penis head broad, ovate in ventral view. Lateral sides clearly divergent, with five pairs of ventrally curved, spatulate setae in basal half. Distal margin convex, with a wide notch filled with a broad bulge on ventral side. Dorsal side with voluminous complex glans ending in a process with an apical knob. Three pairs of tiny additional setae present: A disto-ventral pair in groove around apical bulge, a lateral pair on disto-lateral angle and a dorsal pair flanking base of glans.

Figures

FIGURES 56 – 67. Penises of Rhabdopygus spp., penis head in ventral (56, 60, 64), lateral (57, 61, 65) and dorsal view (58, 62, 66), and total penis in dorsal view (59, 63, 67). 56 – 59, Rhabdopygus puylaerti sp. nov. (holotype, MRAC / 148199). 60 – 63. Rhabdopygus fuscus Roewer, 1912 (cotype, SSibange, Gabon, SMF / RI – 387). 64 – 67. Rhabdopygus? maculatus Roewer, 1935 (syntype, Lossida Berge, SMF / RII – 5052). Scale bars: Left 0.1 mm, right 1 mm.