Metabiantes jeanneli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Samooidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Opiliones
Subordo: Laniatores
Infraordo: Grassatores
Superfamilia: Samooidea

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

Name

Metabiantes jeanneli (Roewer, 1913)

Type locality: Kenya, near Mombasa, "Chéténi" (originally "British Ost-Africa, Chéténi bei Mombasa"). Others from Shimoni Caves.

Typus: Syntypes, MNHN & SMF-RI-280 (also from two localities).

Synonymy

  • Biantes jeanneli Roewer, 1913: 15, Pl. 1, figs 4, 4a–b. (Original combination)
  • Metabiantes jeanneli (Roewer, 1913); Roewer, 1915: 27, Roewer, 1923: 135, figs 143a–b..

References

Primary references

  • Roewer, C.F. 1913. Arachnides. I Opiliones. In: Résultats scientifiques du voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). A. Schultz, Paris. Pp 1–22, Tafel I. [Issued 1 September 1913]. Reference page. 
  • Roewer, C.F. 1915c. 106 neue Opilioniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A 81(3): 1–152. BHL Open access Reference page. 
  • Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1116 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

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