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Melanopella
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Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Family

Sclerosomatidae

Subfamily

Gagrellinae

Melanopella Roewer, 1931 is a genus in the family Sclerosomatidae, subfamily Gagrellinae.

Taxonomy[]

Species[]

  • Melanopella feuerborni Roewer, 1931 - Java [type by monotypy]
  • Melanopella marginata Roewer, 1955 - India

Diagnosis[]

Notes[]

  • Location: Java & India
  • Hallan lists a species Melanopella insularis Roewer, 1931:544, but the generic name for this species in the original source is Melanopula (femoral nodules 0.2.0.0 rather than 0.4.0.0 for Melanopella). This name is confirmed in Roewer's 1955 paper.

Literature[]

References[]

  1. Roewer, C.F. (1931c) Über Opilioniden der Sundainseln. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Stuttgart, Supplementband 9, Tropische Binnengewässer, 2, 508–548.
  2. Roewer, C.F. (1955a) Indoaustralische Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Arachnidae). (Weitere Weberknechte XVIII). 3. Teil. Senckenbergiana Biologica, Frankfurt, 36(1/2), 71–121.
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