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Syleus Thorell, 1876 is a genus in the family Sclerosomatidae, subfamily Gagrellinae.
Taxonomy[]
- Acanthonotus C.L. Koch, 1839:36 (Junior homonym of Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809 (Mammalia, Tachyglossidae)
- Syleus Thorell, 1876:114 (replacement name for Acanthonotus)
Etymology[]
Acanthonotus: Ακανθα = spine + Νωτος = back
Syleus: Mythological character - son of Poseidon, who forced passing strangers to dig in his vineyard, until he was killed by Heracles (Hercules).
Type species[]
Acanthonotus niger C.L. Koch, 1839, now Syleus niger (C.L. Koch, 1839)
Species[]
- Syleus mysoreus Roewer, 1955
- Syleus niger (C.L. Koch, 1839)
- Syleus rufus Roewer, 1955
Description[1][]
Tuber oculorum so hoch wie lang wie breit, oben-jederseits der median Längsfurche mit je 1 Zähnchen-Längsreihe. - Scutum mit 1 median Längsreihe. aus 4 Dorn, deren 1 der kürzeste ist. - Höckerchen der Randreihe der 1-4 Coxa 4-eckig-stumpf. - Beine relativ kurz; 1 Femur nicht keulig; Verteilung der Noduli am 1-4 Femur ?
Translated by google:
Ocular tubercle as high as long as broad, one longitudinal row of teeth above each side of the median longitudinal furrow. - Scutum with 1 median longitudinal row Of 4 thorns, the first of which is the shortest. - Tubercles of the marginal row of Coxae 1-4 are square and blunt. - Legs relatively short; femur 1 is not cudgy; Distribution of the nodules on the 1-4 femur unknown.
Key to Species[]
1. Pedipalps: Patella with apophysis; Ocular tubercle with larger thorns; Body black to dark brown.........2
-. Pedipalps: Patella without apophysis; ocular tubercle only granulated; Scutal thorns 1 & 4 same size, but smaller than scutal thorns 2 & 3; both equally large...........Syleus rufus
2. Body deep black; Scutum and coxae not covered with a secretion; Femora & tibia light brown, Patellae dark brown; chelicerae brown..................................................Syleus niger
-. Body dark brown; Scutum partly, free sternite and coxae entirely covered with a white secretion; Legs plain light brown; Chelicerae pale yellow.....................................Syleus mysoreus
Notes[]
- Location: India
- Roewer lists the genus Acanthonotus as having been described in 1848[1][2], but Koch's paper[3] links back to his previous publication in 1839[4].
Literature[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roewer, C.F. (1923) Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1116 pp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roewer, C.F. (1955a) Indoaustralische Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Arachnidae). (Weitere Weberknechte XVIII). 3. Teil. Senckenbergiana Biologica, Frankfurt, 36(1/2), 71–121.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Koch, C.L. (1847b) Die Arachniden getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Vol 16 (“1848”). J.L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 80 pp., pl. DXLI-DXLIII.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Koch, C.L. (1839c) Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Zweites Heft. C.H. Zeh, Nürnberg, 38 pp., 6 plates. [Issued December 1839].
- ↑ Thorell, T.T.T. (1876b) Descrizione di alcune specie di Opilioni dell' Arcipelago Malese appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Genova, (series 1) 9 [“1876-1877”], 111–138. [Issued as preprint in 27 Nov 1876].