First record of a representative of Ballarrinae (Opiliones: Neopilionidae), Americovibone remota sp. nov., from New Zealand

Taylor, Christopher

doi:10.1636/H15-66

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Authors

Taylor, Christopher

Date

2016

Type

Journal Article

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Taylor, C. 2016. First record of a representative of Ballarrinae (Opiliones: Neopilionidae), Americovibone remota sp. nov., from New Zealand. Journal of Arachnology. 44 (2): pp. 194-198.

Source Title

Journal of Arachnology

DOI

10.1636/H15-66

ISSN

0161-8202

School

Department of Environment and Agriculture

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29849

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Americovibone remota sp. nov. is described as the first New Zealand representative of the Ballarrinae, a Gondwanan-distributed group of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Palpatores), from a female collected at Dart Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park. Though closely allied by external and ovipositor morphology to Americovibone lanfrancoae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 of southern South America, A. remota lacks the reflexed pedipalpal tibia previously regarded as characteristic of the Ballarrinae. The genus Americovibone is restricted to austral Nothofagus forests which have a similar trans-Pacific distribution.