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Leiobunum limbatum
Leiobunum limbatum L.Koch, 1861, male from Ennenda - Glarus, Switzerland. Photo copyright © Salvatore Canu, used with permission
Leiobunum limbatum L.Koch, 1861, male from Ennenda - Glarus, Switzerland. Photo copyright © Salvatore Canu, used with permission

Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Family

Sclerosomatidae

Subfamily

Leiobuninae

Genus

Leiobunum

Leiobunum limbatum L. Koch, 1861 is a species of the genus Leiobunum, (Eupnoi, Sclerosomatidae).

Abbreviated logonymy[]

  • Leiobunum limbatum L.Koch 1861: 140 [1].
  • Leiobunum purpurissatum L. Koch 1869: 204 [junior subjective synonym of Leiobunum limbatum L.Koch, 1861 by Roewer (1923: 888)].

Type data[]

Leiobunum limbatum: type(s) (whereabouts unknown), from [GERMANY], “an Kalkfelsen des Kesselberges im bayerischen Hochgebirge” and “in München an allen Mauern der Häuser und Gärten selbst mitten in der Stadt so häufig, dass sie dort die andern gemeinen Arten (Opilio parietinus, Leiobunum hemisphaericum etc.) an Mehrzahl bedeutend überwiegt.” Leiobunum purpurissatum: type(s) (whereabouts unknown), from [AUSTRIA, Tyrol, Lienz District], Kalsertal, near “Bleischlach” [Peischlach], on a rock.

Diagnosis[]

Distribution[]

Central-eastern Alpine arc, northern Balkan peninsula, central Europe; isolated stations in northern Europe (Tedeschi & Sciaky 1996).

References[]

  1. Koch, L. (1861) Bemerkungen zur Arachniden-Familie der Opilioniden. Korrespondenz-Blatt des zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereines in Regensburg, 15(9), 131–144.

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