Metabiantes lawrencei

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 lawrencei

Name

Metabiantes lawrencei Staręga, 1992

Type locality: Tanzania, Morogoro Region (originally as " Tanganyika Territory"), Bunduki, Uluguru Mountains, Gorge de la Mungula, 1500 meters elevation.

Typus: Holotype Female ♀ RMCA-109187, legit P. Basilewsky & N. Leleup, 01/06.V.1957. Paratypes "allotype" Male ♂ RMCA-109188, plus others unsexed, same data.

Synonymy

Metabiantes obscurus Lawrence, 1962: 24, figs 5–8. (Preoccupied. Junior primary homonym of Metabiantes obscurus Kauri, 1961).
Metabiantes lawrencei Staręga, 1992: 326. (Replacement name [Nomen novum] for Metabiantes obscurus Lawrence, 1962).

References

Primary references

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.
Staręga, W.K. 1992. An annotated check-list of harvestmen, excluding Phalangiidae, of the Afrotropical Region (Opiliones). Annals of the Natal Museum 33(2): 271–336. Reference page.

Additional references

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 Aug 13, 2025]