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Eumesosoma roeweri (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943) is the type species (by original designation) of the genus Eumesosoma, (Eupnoi, Sclerosomatidae).
Taxonomy[]
- Phalangium nigrum Wood, 1871:34 [Junior homonym of P.n. Say, 1821]
- Mesosoma nigrum Weed, 1892:529
- Mesosoma r. Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943:651 [replacement name by Crawford, 1992, as oldest synonym]
- Mesosoma texanum Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943:652 (syn. Cokendolpher, 1980)
- E.r. Cokendolpher, 1980:7
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Notes[]
- Location: Central USA
- There is a lot of confusion in the literature over the taxonomies of Phalangium nigrum Say, 1821 [and its derivatives] and Phalangium nigrum Wood, 1871 [and its derivatives]. See Crawford, 1992:29-30 for a discussion.
Literature[]
- Cokendolpher, 1980[1]
- Crawford, 1992[2]
- Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943[3]
- Weed, 1892[4]
- Wood, 1871[5]
References[]
- ↑ Cokendolpher, J.C. (1980b) Replacement name for Mesosoma Weed, 1892, with a revision of the genus (Opiliones, Phalangiidae, Leiobuninae). Occasional Papers of The Museum, Texas Tech University, 66, 1–19.
- ↑ Crawford, Rodney L., 1992. Catalogue of the genera and type species of the harvestman superfamily Phalangioidea (Arachnida). Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History, 8: 1-60.
- ↑ Goodnight, Clarence J. & Marie L. Goodnight, 1943b. New and little known phalangids from the United States. The American Midland Naturalist, Notre Dame, Indiana, 29(3): 643-656.
- ↑ Weed, Clarence M. (1892d) Notes on harvest-spiders. The American naturalist, New York, NY, 26(306), 528–530.
- ↑ Wood, H. C. (1871) On the Phalangeae of the United States of America. Comm. Essex Inst., 6:l0-40.