Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) Roewer, 1949

Sharma, Prashant P., Kury, Adriano B. & Giribet, Gonzalo, 2011, Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species, Zootaxa 2972, pp. 37-58 : 51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.206628

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6194406

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387B3-FFD9-914C-AF97-43EAFBE70687

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scientific name

Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949)
status

comb. nov.

Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) View in CoL new combination, revalidated

Euzalmoxis ponapea Roewer, 1949a View in CoL , p. 24, figs. 30a–d (pl. 4) [junior subjective synonym of Parazalmoxida solitaria Roewer, 1917 View in CoL , by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957), synonymy herein disclaimed].

Zalmoxis solitaria View in CoL [partim.]: Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957, p. 81–83.

Record. * Ponape, Caroline Islands.

Remarks. Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) did not observe any specimens resembling what Roewer (1949b) described as Euzalmoxis ponapea , but nevertheless synonymized Parazalmoxida solitaria and Euzalmoxis ponapea as Zalmoxis solitaria on the basis of close similarities between specimens available to them from Jaluit and Ponape. The synonymy was erroneous; there are clear differences between Roewer's " Parazalmoxida " and " Euzalmoxis " from Micronesian islands (namely, differences in size, shape, and length of appendages). The Goodnights were clearly (as they themselves conceded) looking at one widespread species (" Parazalmoxida ") and making an assumption about another within the range of the first. We resurrect Euzalmoxis ponapea , but follow Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) with respect to the synonymy of Euzalmoxis with Zalmoxis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

SubOrder

Laniatores

Family

Zalmoxidae

Genus

Zalmoxis

Loc

Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949)

Sharma, Prashant P., Kury, Adriano B. & Giribet, Gonzalo 2011
2011
Loc

Euzalmoxis ponapea

Roewer 1949
1949
Loc

Parazalmoxida solitaria

Roewer 1917
1917
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