Rhaucus (genus)

Rhaucus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae. The genus is endemic to the Colombian northern Andes. There are currently 6 described species in the genus.[1][2]

Rhaucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Family:
Cosmetidae
Subfamily:
Cosmetinae
Genus:
Rhaucus

Simon, 1879
Type species
Rhaucus vulneratus
Simon, 1879
Species

6, see text.

Synonyms
  • Cynorta (in part) Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953
  • Megarhaucus Mello-Leitão, 1941
  • Neorhaucus Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
  • Pararhaucus Pickard-Cambridge, 1905

Taxonomy

There were previously more members of Rhaucus, but a 2017 taxonomic revision reduced to genus to a monotypic lineage and synonymized multiple previously described species with the five remaining species.[1] A previously synonymized species, R. papilionaceus, was revalidated in 2018.[2]

Rhaucus is named for an ancient Cretian town, Rhaucus.[1]

Species

Rhaucus contains six species:[1]

  • Rhaucus florezi Garcia & Kury, 2017
  • Rhaucus papilionaceus (Simon, 1879)[2]
  • Rhaucus quinquelineatus Simon, 1879
  • Rhaucus robustus (Mello-Leitão, 1941)
  • Rhaucus serripes (Simon, 1879)
  • Rhaucus vulneratus Simon, 1879

References
  1. García, ANDRÉS F., and Adriano B. Kury. "Taxonomic revision of the Andean harvestman genus Rhaucus Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae)." Zootaxa 4338.3 (2017): 401-440.
  2. García, Andrés F.; Ahumada-C, Daniela (2018-06-28). "Completing the puzzle: Another species of Rhaucus Simon, 1879 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae) from Colombia". Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 42 (163): 200–206. doi:10.18257/raccefyn.611. ISSN 2382-4980.


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