Metasiro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sternophthalmi
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: Cyphophthalmi Infraorden: Sternophthalmi

Metasiro Juberthie, 1960: 235.

Type species: Siro americanus Davis, 1933, by original designation.

Gender: masculine

Floridogovea Hoffman, 1963: 137; junior objective synonym of Metasiro (Juberthie, 1960) in Shear, 1980: 12.
- Type species: Siro americanus Davis, 1933; by original designation.

Hoffman, R.L. 1963. A new phalangid of the genus Siro from Eastern United States, and taxonomic notes on other American sironids (Arach., Opiliones). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 129–139. Reference page.
Juberthie, C. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des opilions Cyphophthalmes: description de Metasiro gen. nov. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle 2ème série, 32: 235–241. Reference page.
Davis, N.W. 1933. A new opilionid from Florida (Arachnida, Cyphophthalmi). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41: 49–53. Reference page.
Shear, W.A. 1980. A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum Novitates 2705: 1–34. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Clouse, R.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2014: Descriptions of two new, cryptic species of Metasiro (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Neogoveidae) from South Carolina, USA, including a discussion of mitochondrial mutation rates. Zootaxa 3814(2): 177–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
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