Metabiantes punctatus

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

Metabiantes punctatus (Sørensen, 1910).

Type locality: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro

Typus: Syntypes, Males ♂, Females ♀, NHRS, ZMB

• Biantes punctatus Sørensen, 1910: 71. (Original combination); Roewer, 1912: 177, fig. 38.
• Metabiantes punctatus (Sørensen, 1910); Roewer, 1915: 27 Comb. nov.; Roewer, 1923: 134, fig. 142; Lawrence, 1947: 46; Roewer, 1961: 485.

• Sørensen W.E., 1910. 4. Opiliones. In: Yngve Sjöstedt (Ed.), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, vol. 3 part 20. Arachnoidea, pp. 59–82, plate 4. Stockholm: K. Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften [K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens]. 3 vols. of which vol. 3 has parts 15–22, separately paginated, in all 636 pp., 37 plates. 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 15, 2025]

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