Metabiantes teres

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 teres

Name

Metabiantes teres Lawrence, 1963

Type locality: South Africa, Mariepskop, ± 6000 feet elevation.

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, NMSA.7617 [part], legit R.F. Lawrence, III.1960. Also Paratypes 23 ♂♀ (NM.7617), 6 ♂♀ (NM. 7621, same locality (8000 feet), and 9 ♂♀ Graskop (NM. 7627).

Synonymy

Metabiantes teres Lawrence, 1963: 282. (Original combination)

References

Primary references

Lawrence, R.F. 1963. The Opiliones of the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24: 275–304. Full article (PDF). 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 August 18, 2025]