Rhaucoides riveti

Synonyms

• Rhaucoides riveti Roewer, 1914 ["1919"]: 125, pl. 13, fig. 3 Protonym. Roewer, 1923: 306, fig. 333; Roewer, 1928 [1927]: 553; Kury 2003: 83; Kury, García & Medrano, 2022: 205, Figs. 13–15, 22; Kury & Medrano, 2023: 136.
• Libitioides riveti Roewer, 1914 ["1919"]: 125, pl. 13, fig. 5 Protonym. Roewer, 1923: 297, fig. 319. (Junior subjective synonym of Rhaucoides riveti (and secondary homonym) in Kury & Medrano, 2023: 136).
  • Type locality: Ecuador, Carchi, El Pelado, 4151 m.
    • Typus: male [?] ♂ MNHN, lost? 1 Juvenile SMF, legit Paul Rivet, 1901-1903.
• Vonones riveti (Roewer, 1914) per Kury, 2003: 85. Comb. nov. (for recombination of Libitioides riveti)

• Rhaucoides festae Roewer, 1925: 3, pl. 5, fig. 1; Junior subjective synonym of Rhaucoides riveti in Medrano, & Kury, 2022: 205.
  • Type locality: Ecuador, Carchi: El Pun [contra ‘‘Insel Pun’’ per Roewer]
    • Typus: Syntypes, ♂, ♀ MZTU, 1 ♀ SMF-RII-115

• Pararhauculus sulfureus Mello-Leitao, 1939: 171. Junior subjective synonym of Rhaucoides riveti in Medrano, & Kury, 2022: 205; of Rhaucoides festae Roewer, 1925 by Kury 2003: 83.
  • Type locality: Ecuador, Carchi, El Pun, 2600 m, Francisco de Campos.
    • Typus: Holotype female ♀,MNRJ'58167*

• Cumbalia octomaculata Roewer, 1963: 51, pl. 9, fig. 13. Junior subjective synonym of Rhaucoides riveti in Medrano, & Kury, 2022: 205.
  • Type locality: Colombia, Nariño, Cumbal, 3100 m, under stones.
    • Typus: Holotype female ♀ SMF- 12729.

Primary references

• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1939a. Algunos aracnidos de Sudamerica. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 43: 169-176. Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1914. "[1919]" Arachnida Opiliones. In Mission du Service Géographique de l'armée pour la mesure d'un Arc de Méridien Équatorial en Amérique du Sud: Vol. Tome 10 (Entomologie, Botanique). Gauthier-Villars et Cie, Paris. Issue Fascicule 2 (Opiliones. Diptères. Myriapodes), pp. 121–141. Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1116 pp. Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1925. Opilioniden aus Süd-Amerika. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia e di Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 40(34): 1–34, pls. 5–6. Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1963. Opiliones aus Peru und Colombien. [Arachnida Arthrogastra aus Peru V]. Senckenbergiana Biologica 44: 5–72. Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B. 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 1: 1-337. Full article. Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B. & Medrano, M.A. 2023. Once upon a time in America: recognition of the species of Libitioides from USA, with comments on other American Cosmetidae (Opiliones, Laniatores). European Journal of Taxonomy 875: 101–141. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.875.2143 Reference page. 
• Medrano, M.A., García, A.F. & Kury, A.B. 2022. Rhaucoides Roewer, 1912, an Andean genus with fused tarsomeres: Revision with a new generic synonymy and two new species (Opiliones: Cosmetidae: Metergininae). Journal of Arachnology 50: 191–218. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-028 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 January 11, 2024]

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