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Issue: Vol. 1932 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1932.1.6
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

On the systematic position of Dino Loman and Toccolus Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae), with the description of a new species from western Java, Indonesia

Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ – BRAZIL
Opiliones Arachnida Harvestmen Dibuninae Podoctidae Podoctinae Sumatra Indo-Malaya Grassatores

Abstract

A new species, Toccolus javanensis sp. nova, is described from a rainforest in Gunung Puncak, western Java, Indonesia. It is the fourth species of the genus, which was hitherto known only from continental SE Asia. It possesses a low ocularium and general body shape strongly resembling Dino weberi Loman from Sumatra. The relationships of Toccolus are discussed and the closely related genus Dino Loman is transferred from Podoctinae (Podoctidae) to Epedaninae (Epedanidae).

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