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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 1: 25 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.7
Page range: 123-132
Abstract views: 73
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New data on harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Caucasian glaciers, with descriptions of three new species

Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan; kv. 504; pr. 1128; AZ1004; Baku; Azerbaijan.; Western Caspian University; 31 Istiglaliyyat St.; Baku; AZ1001; Azerbaijan.
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Russian Academy of Sciences; Leninsky pr. 33; Moscow; 119071 Russia.
Opiliones Rilaena Opilio Caucasus Phalangiidae morphological species description paraglacial landscape primary succession

Abstract

Three new opilionid species of the family Phalangiidae are diagnosed, illustrated and described from the forelands of two glaciers, Bezengi and Kashkatash, both in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Central Caucasus, Russia: Rilaena kabardinibalkarica Snegovaya sp. nov., Rilaena kaschkataschica Snegovaya sp. nov., and Opilio bezengii Snegovaya sp. nov. The first description of the female of Metaplatybunus valentinae Snegovaya, 2022 is given.

 

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How to Cite

Snegovaya, N.Y. & Makarova, O.L. (2025) New data on harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Caucasian glaciers, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 5653 (1), 123–132. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.7