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Melanopa Thorell, 1889[1] is a genus of the family Sclerosomatidae, subfamily Gagrellinae.
In 1903 With[2] considered it to be a junior synonym of Gagrella Stoliczka, 1869. This synonymy was rejected by Roewer[3] and, although being adopted in Hallan's listing, Melanopa still widely regarded as a separate genus[4].
In his 1955 review, Roewer[5] provided three distinctive characters of the genus:
- a pseudoarticular nodule on femur II
- a median spine on scute II
- femora I & III shorter than the body.
Zhang & Zhang[4] have suggested dividing the genus into two "groups":
- the Palearctic group: grandis, guttata, ovata, satoi, wangi & zhui
- the Indo-Malayan group: the other 27 species
Species List[]
As of 2013 there are 33 recognised species in the genus Melanopa[4]
- Melanopa asperula Roewer, 1955:103
- Melanopa atrata (Stoliczka, 1869):212
- Melanopa cinctipes Banks, 1930:83
- Melanopa diluta Roewer, 1929:116
- Melanopa fragilis (With, 1903):493
- Melanopa grandis Roewer, 1910:27
- Melanopa guttata Karsch, 1881:36
- Melanopa hansenii (With, 1903):503
- Melanopa hirta (With, 1903):492
- Melanopa impressata Roewer, 1955:103
- Melanopa laciniipes Roewer, 1955:102
- Melanopa maculipes Banks, 1930:83
- Melanopa matherania Roewer, 1915:215
- Melanopa nigra Roewer, 1955:102
- Melanopa nigripes Banks, 1930:84
- Melanopa ovata Sato & Suzuki, 1938:376
- Melanopa peguana Roewer, 1955:102
- Melanopa plebeja Thorell, 1889:659 [type by original designation]
- Melanopa rugosa Roewer, 1955:99
- Melanopa satoi Roewer, 1955:105
- Melanopa scabra Roewer, 1912:36
- Melanopa similaris Roewer, 1955:104
- Melanopa sumatrana Suzuki, 1982:220
- Melanopa thienemanni Roewer, 1931:543
- Melanopa transversalis Roewer, 1912:34
- Melanopa tristis Thorell, 1889:662
- Melanopa trochanteralis Roewer, 1955:100
- Melanopa unicolor Roewer, 1912:35
- Melanopa varians (With, 1903):503
- Melanopa vittata Roewer, 1910:28
- Melanopa wangi Zhu & Song, 1999:160
- Melanopa yuennanensis Roewer, 1910:26
- Melanopa zhui Zhang & Zhang, 2013:311
References[]
- ↑ Thorell, T.T.T. (1889) Aracnidi Artrogastri Birmani raccolti da L. Fea nel 1885–1887. In: Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regione vicine. XXI. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Genova, series 2, 7(3), 521–729
- ↑ With, C. J. (1903) New and old Phalangiidae from the Indian region. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, London, 28(186), 466–509.
- ↑ Roewer, C.F. (1910a) Revision der Opiliones Plagiostethi (= Opiliones Palpatores). I. Teil: Familie der Phalangiidae. (Subfamilien: Gagrellini, Liobunini, Leptobunini.) Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, Hamburg, 19(4), 1–294,
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Zhang, C. & Zhang, F. (2013b) Notes on some species of the genus Melanopa (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae) from China, with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology, 41(3), 306–318.
- ↑ Roewer, C.F. (1955a) Indoaustralische Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Arachnidae). (Weitere Weberknechte XVIII). 3. Teil. Senckenbergiana Biologica, Frankfurt, 36(1/2), 71–121.