Odontosiro lusitanicus, JUBERTHIE, 1961

Murienne, Jérôme & Giribet, Gonzalo, 2009, The Iberian Peninsula: ancient history of a hot spot of mite harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Sironidae) diversity, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4), pp. 785-800 : 789-790

ODONTOSIRO LUSITANICUS JUBERTHIE, 1961

Odontosiro lusitanicus Juberthie, 1961 was originally described from four specimens (one male, two females, and one juvenille) collected by M. H. Coiffait in Guimarães, 2 Portugal ( Juberthie, 1961), and was given its own generic status because of the unique combination of type-1 ozophores (as in Parasiro ) and the presence of a complete corona analis (as in Siro and Cyphophthalmus ).

Rambla & Fontarnau (1984) reported two new localities for O. lusitanicus , this time in Spain (in the provinces of Pontevedra and León), and more details on these plus three additional localities in Ourense, Lugo and Asturias were provided by Rambla & Fontarnau (1986). The species is therefore known from its type locality in northern Portugal, and from the notrthwestern Spanish autonomous regions of Galicia, Asturias and León. We have been unable to locate these specimens in the collection of Maria Rambla or at the MNHN. During G. Giribet’s recent collecting trips to Guimarães (Braga), little suitable habitat for Cyphophthalmi was identified, as most forested areas were Eucalyptus plantations. Nearby localities in the Costa Verde of Portugal and Galicia did not yield any specimens of this genus. Odontosiro remains a monotypic genus to date. This is also the only known genus of Sironidae for which no specimen has been examined by the authors. O. lusitanicus has often been collected with P. ramulosus , although the latter tends to be much more abundant ( Rambla & Fontarnau, 1986).