Metabiantes armatus

Familia: Biantidae
Subfamilia: Biantinae
Genus: Metabiantes
Species: Metabiantes armatus

Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962

Type locality: Tanzania ["Tanganyika Territory", Ululu-Ndogo], Uluguru Mountains, Gorge de la Mungula, 1500 meters elevation.

Typus: Holotype: Female ♀, RMCA.109104, legit P. Basilewsky & N. Leleup, 01-06.VI.1957. Paratype Females ♀.

• Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962: 24, fig. 1. (Original combination)

• Lawrence R.F. 1962b. LXXIV.- Opiliones. In: Resultats scientifiques des missions zoologiques de l`IRSAC en Afrique orientale - (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957). Annales Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, (Sciences zoologiques) 110: 9–89. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M.A. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page.  [accessed on August 18, 2025]

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