Metaphalangium

Metaphalangium
	; Metaphalangium cirtanum from original description of junior synonym Odontosoma centetes Šilhavý 1946.
Suborder	Eupnoi
Superfamily	Phalangioidea
Family	Phalangiidae
Subfamily	Phalangiinae

Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 is a genus of Phalangiinae with 14 species, mostly of Circum-Mediterranean distribution.

Type species[]

Phalangium propinquum Lucas 1846, by original designation (now Metaphalangium corsicum).

Synonymy[]

Metaphalangium Roewer 1911: 70
Paropilio Roewer 1911e: 48
Odontosoma Šilhavý 1946: 55
Apozacheus Šilhavý 1965: 373
Parodontosoma Šilhavý 1965: 375
Metegaenus Šilhavý 1965: 375

Species[]

Metaphalangium abruptum (Kollar in Roewer, 1923) - Italy
Metaphalangium abstrusum (L.Koch, 1882)- Spain (Baleares) - revalidated 1996
Metaphalangium albounilineatum (Lucas, 1846) - Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
Metaphalangium bispinifrons (Roewer, 1911) - Morocco
Metaphalangium cirtanum (C.L. Koch, 1839) - Circum-Mediterranean
Metaphalangium corsicum (Roewer, 1956) - France (Corsica) - = Phalangium propinquum (Lucas 1846) by Staręga (1984).
Metaphalangium lusitanicum (Roewer, 1956) - Portugal, Spain
Metaphalangium monticola (Mkheidze, 1952) - Georgia
Metaphalangium punctatum (Roewer, 1956) - Turkey
Metaphalangium rhodesense Ozdikmen et al., 2010 - Greece
Metaphalangium spinipes (Roewer, 1956) - Croatia
Metaphalangium strandi (Nosek, 1905) - Turkey
Metaphalangium sudanum Roewer, 1961 - Egypt, Sudan
Metaphalangium tuberculatum (Lucas, 1846) - Algeria, Tunisia

Relevant taxonomic literature[]

Prieto, C.E. (2003) Primera actualización de la Check-list de los Opiliones de la Peninsula Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 8, 125–141.
Prieto, C.E. (2008) Updating the checklist of the Iberian opiliofauna: corrections, suppressions and additions. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 16 [“2007”], 49–65.
Staręga, W. (1984) Revision der Phalangiidae (Opiliones), III. Die afrikanischen Gattungen der Phalangiinae, nebst Katalog aller afrikanischen Arten der Familie. Annales Zoologici (Polska Akademia Nauk), 38(1), 1–79.
Staręga, W. (2004a) On some species of Metaphalangium Roewer from the Mediterranean Region (Opiliones, Phalangiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 9, 235–240.

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Eupnoi Classification

Incertae sedis
Not assigned to any family	†Brigantibunum \| †Daohugopilio \| †Macrogyion \| Hesperopilio

Superfamily Caddoidea
Family Caddidae	Caddo

Superfamily Phalangioidea
Not assigned to family	†Cheiromachus \| †Milipurcellia \| Mitopiella \| †Petrunkevitchiana
Family †Kustarachnidae	†Kustarachne
Family Neopilionidae	Subfamily Ballarrinae	Americovibone \| Arrallaba \| Ballarra \| Plesioballarra \| Vibone
	Subfamily Enantiobuninae	Acihasta \| Australiscutum \| Forsteropsalis \| Hypomegalopsalis \| Mangatangi \| Megalopsalis \| Monoscutum \| Neopantopsalis \| Pantopsalis \| Spinicrus \| Templar \| Tercentenarium \| Thrasychiroides \| Thrasychirus
	Subfamily Neopilioninae	Neopilio
Family Phalangiidae	Not assigned to subfamily	†Stephanobunus
	Dicranopalpus genus group	Amilenus \| Dicranopalpus
	Subfamily Oligolophinae	Lacinius \| Mitopus \| Odiellus \| Oligolophus \| Paralacinius \| Paroligolophus \| Roeweritta
	Subfamily Opilioninae	Bidentolophus \| Egaenus \| Gricenkovia\| Himalphalangium \| Homolophus \| Mizozatus \| Opilio \| Pamiropilio \| Redikorcevia \| Scleropilio
	Subfamily Phalangiinae	Bunochelis \| Camerobunus \| Coptophalangium \| Cristina \| Dacnopilio \| Dasylobus \| Graecophalangium \| Guruia \| Hindreus \| Kalliste \|Lenkoraniella \| Leptobunus \| Liopilio \| Liropilio \|Megistobunus \| Metadasylobus \|Metaphalangium \| Odontobunus \| Parascleropilio \| Phalangium \| Ramblinus \| Rhampsinitus \| Rilaena \| Taurolaena \| Tchapinius \| Zachaeus
	Subfamily Platybuninae	Acanthomegabunus \| Bolea \| Buresilia \| Lophopilio \| Megabunus \| Metaplatybunus \| Platybunoides \| Platybunus \| Rafalskia \| Stankiella
Family Protolophidae	Protolophus
Family Sclerosomatidae	Not assigned to subfamily	†Mesobunus
	Subfamily Gagrellinae	Abaetetuba \| Adungrella \| Aguilaia \| Akalpia \| Altobunus \| Amazonesia \| Antigrella \| Aurivilliola \| Azucarella \| Bakerinulus \| Bastia \| Bastioides \| Baturitia \| Bellonia \| Biceropsis \| Bonthainia \| Bullobunus \| Caluga \| Cardenalia \| Carinobius \| Carmenia \| Carmichaelus \| Ceratobunellus \| Ceratobunoides \| Ceratobunus \| Cervibunus \| Chasenella \| Chebabius \| Coonoora \| Dentobunus \| Diangathia \| Echinobunus \| Euceratobunus \| Eugagrella \| Euzaleptus \| Fesa \| Gagrella \| Gagrellenna \| Gagrellina \| Gagrellissa \| Gagrellopsis \| Gagrellula \| Geaya \| Globulosoma \| Guaranobunus \| Hamitergum \| Harmanda \| Harmandina \| Hehoa \| Heterogagrella \| Hexazaleptus \| Hexomma \| Himaldroma \| Himalzaleptus \| Holcobunus \| Holmbergiana \| Hologagrella \| Hypogrella \| Hypsibunus \| Jussara \| Koyamaia \| Krusa \| Krusella \| Liopagus \| Marthana \| Melanopa \| Melanopella \| Melanopula \| Metadentobunus \| Metahehoa \| Metasyleus \| Metaverpulus \| Metazaleptus \| Microzaleptus \| Mucuya \| Munequita \| Neogagrella \| Nepalgrella \| Nepalkanchia \| Obigrella \| Octozaleptus \| Onostemma \| Oobunus \| Orissula \| Padangrella \| Palniella \| Paradentobunus \| Paragagrella \| Paragagrellina \| Parageaya \| Paraumbogrella \| Paruleptes \| Pectenobunus \| Pergagrella \| Pokhara \| Prionostemma \| Prodentobunus \| Psammogeaya \| Psathyropus \| Pseudarthromerus \| Pseudogagrella \| Pseudomelanopa \| Pseudosystenocentrus \| Romerella \| Sarasinia \| Sataria \| Scotomenia \| Sericicorpus \| Sinadroma \| Syleus \| Syngagrella \| Systenocentrus \| Tamboicus \| Taperina \| Tetraceratobunus \| Toragrella \| Trachyrhinus \| Umbogrella \| Umbopilio \| Vaho \| Valle \| Varinodulia \| Verpulus \| Verrucobunus \| Xerogrella \| Zaleptiolus \| Zaleptulus \| Zaleptus
	Subfamily Gyinae	Gyas \| Gyoides \| Rongsharia
	Subfamily Leiobuninae	†Amauropilio \| Cosmobunus \| Dilophiocara \| Eumesosoma \| Eusclera \| Goasheer \| Hadrobunus \| Leiobunum \| Leuronychus \| Microliobunum \| Nelima \| Paranelima \| Schenkeliobunum \| Togwoteeus
	Metopilio genus group	Dalquestia \| Diguetinus \| Eurybunus \| Globipes \| Metopilio \| Lanthanopilio
	Subfamily Sclerosomatinae	Astrobunus \| Granulosoma \| Homalenotus \| Mastobunus \| Metasclerosoma \| Pseudastrobunus \| Pseudohomalenotus \| Pygobunus