Metabiantes varius

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

Metabiantes varius Kauri, 1961

Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, 10-15 miles southeast of Lydenburg, 6000 feet elevation.

Typus: Holotype Female ♀, MZLU-298, legit [?], 07.V.1951.

• Metabiantes varius Kauri, 1961: 58. (Original combination); Lawrence, 1963: 285.

• Kauri, H. 1961. Opiliones. In B. Hanström, P.S.V. Brinck, & G. Rudebeck (Eds.). South African animal life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala. pp. 9–197. Reference page. 
• Lawrence, R.F. 1963. The Opiliones of the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24: 275–304. 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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