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Rilaena triangularis
MNRJ 19035 - Rilaena triangularis - macho - Serbia
Rilaena triangularis, male (MNRJ 19035) from Serbia. Photo (c) AB Kury.

Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Family

Phalangiidae

Genus

Rilaena


Rilaena triangularis (Herbst, 1799) is a species of Rilaena with Atlantic distribution. Restricted area from the British Isles to France, the narrower Central Europe eastern to USSR (Moscow), southeast to Romania and Bulgaria. Secondaryly (by introduction): Nearctic.


Abbreviated logonymy[]

(From WCO project): [1]

  • Opilio triangularis Herbst 1799: 9, 27, pl. X, fig. 2.

— Rilaena triangularis: Staręga 1973a: 143. ...............


Type data[]

Opilio triangularis: types(s), (whereabouts unknown), from GERMANY, without further locality data. Martens (1978b) stated “Berlin”. Phalangium cornigerum: Type(s) (whereabouts unknown), probably FRANCE, without further locality data; “Il se trouve en Alsace, dans les forêts et sous les feuilles tombées.” (Gervais 1844). Platybunus denticornis: “In hiesiger Gegend. Er hält sich in Waldungen auf der Erde auf, gern unter feuchtem Moose, ist aber sehr selten.” [GERMANY, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Regensburg]. Platybunus robustus: HUNGARY, without further locality data (HNHM). Phalangium appendiculatum: type (NHMW), from [CROATIA], Dalmatia. Phalangium ornatum: holotype (NHMW), from ITALY, without further locality data.

Taxonomic reference[]

Martens 1978[1]: 287, figs 493, 531–536.

References[]

  1. Martens, J. (1978b) Spinnentiere, Arachnida: Weberknechte, Opiliones. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Vol. 64. G. Fischer Verlag, Jena, 464 pp.

External links[]

Pierre Oger [2].

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