Rhaucus (harvestman)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Cosmetidae |
| Subfamily: | Metergininae |
| Genus: | Rhaucus Simon, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Rhaucus vulneratus Simon, 1879
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7 species (see text) | |
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Rhaucus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae. The genus is endemic to the Colombian northern Andes. There are currently seven described species in the genus.[1][2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Many species were included in Rhaucus, until a taxonomic revision (in 2017)[1] reduced the genus to a more clearly defined grouping and synonymized or transferred multiple previously described species to leave five remaining species.[1] A previously synonymized species, R. papilionaceus, was revalidated in 2018.[2]
Etymology[edit]
Rhaucus is named for an ancient Cretian town, Rhaucus.[1]
Species[edit]
Rhaucus contains seven species:[3] (after García et al. (2017)[1]
- Rhaucus florezi Garcia & Kury, 2017[1]
- Rhaucus papilionaceus (Simon, 1879)[2]
- Rhaucus quinquelineatus Simon, 1879
- Rhaucus robustus (Mello-Leitão, 1941)
- Rhaucus serripes (Simon, 1879)
- Rhaucus trilineatus (Sørensen, 1932)
- Rhaucus vulneratus Simon, 1879
(Note: Rhaucus trilineatus is interpreted[3] as having been indirectly transferred to Rhaucus due to the synonymy of Metarhaucus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 under Rhaucus in García & Kury (2017: 417).[1] There, the type species Metarhaucus fuscus Pickard-Cambridge 1905 became a junior synonym of Rhaucus serripes (Simon, 1879)), consequently leading to Metarhaucus = Rhaucus. Other species then placed in Metarhaucus at that time and similarly affected by the same synonymy have since been re-formalised into other genera).
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g García, A.F.; Kury, A.B. (2017-10-26). "Taxonomic revision of the Andean harvestman genus Rhaucus Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae)". Zootaxa. 4338 (3): 401–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29245710.
- ^ a b c García, A.F.; Ahumada-C, D. (2018-06-28). "Completing the puzzle: Another species of Rhaucus Simon, 1879 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae) from Colombia". Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 42 (163): 200–206. doi:10.18257/raccefyn.611.
- ^ a b "Rhaucus". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 20 Jul 2023.
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