Taxonomic notes on Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris &amp; Logunov 2000 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae), with a description of the new species A. altaicus sp. n. from the Altai Mountains of Russia and NE Kazakhstan

A. N. TCHEMERIS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.5

Issue: Vol. 3990 No. 4: 28 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-28

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.5

Page range: 567–574

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**Taxonomic notes on Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae), with a description of the new species** A. altaicus sp. n. from the Altai Mountains of Russia and NE Kazakhstan

A. N. TCHEMERIS⁺⁻

Department of Invertebrate Zoology; Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil, Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Tomsk State University, Lenin av. 36, Tomsk 634050 Russia.

Haverstman Opiliones Platybuninae Acanthomegabunus new species Central Asia Siberia Altai

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Abstract

The genus Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000 is diagnosed and redescribed. A key to species is presented. A new species, Acanthomegabunus altaicus sp. n. from the Аltai Mountains of Russia and NE Kazakhstan is diagnosed, described and figured; its distribution is mapped, along with new records of A.sibiricus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov 2000.