Euwintonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Suborder:
Laniatores
Infraorder:
Grassatores
Superfamily:
Assamioidea
Family:
Assamiidae
Subfamily:
Dampetrinae
Genus:
Euwintonius

Roewer, 1923
Species
  • Euwintonius bismarckensis Ponting, 2015
  • Euwintonius continentalis Roewer, 1923
  • Euwintonius insulanus Roewer, 1940
  • Euwintonius thaiensis Suzuki, 1985

Euwintonius is a harvestman genus in the family Assamiidae, subfamily Dampetrinae. Members of this genus have an unarmoured eye pedicel, scutal areas 1-5 and the first three tergites also being unarmoured. The first scutal area is without a longitudinal groove and the palpal femur has one medial-apical spine..[1]

Etymology

This genus is named after the town of Winton in central west Queensland, Australia, where the first specimen was found. [2] The type species is Euwintonius continentalis.

List of species

Four species are currently accepted as being members of this genus[3]

References

  1. ↑ Roewer, C.F. (1935a) Alte und neue Assamiidae. Weitere Weberknechte VIII (8. Ergänzung der "Weberknechte der Erde" 1923). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen, Bremen, 1(1), 1–168.
  2. ↑ Roewer, C.F. (1923) Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1116 pp.
  3. ↑ Ponting, J. (2015) Replacement name for Euwintonius insulanus Suzuki, 1982 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Assamiidae: Dampetrinae), primary junior homonym of E. insulanus Roewer, 1940. Zootaxa. 3925(3):450
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