Euwintonius is a harvestman genus in the family Assamiidae, subfamily Dampetrinae. Members of this genus have an unarmoured eye pedicel, scutal areas 1-5 and the first three tergites also being unarmoured. The first scutal area is without a longitudinal groove and the palpal femur has one medial-apical spine..[1]
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| Genus: | Euwintonius Roewer, 1923
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Etymology edit
This genus is named after the town of Winton in central west Queensland, Australia, where the first specimen was found. [2] The type species is Euwintonius continentalis.
List of species edit
Four species are currently accepted as being members of this genus[3]
- Euwintonius bismarckensis Ponting, 2015 from the Bismarck Archipelago
- Euwintonius continentalis Roewer, 1923 from Australia
- Euwintonius insulanus Roewer, 1940 from New Guinea
- Euwintonius thaiensis Suzuki, 1985 from Thailand
References edit
- ^ Roewer, C.F. (1935a) Alte und neue Assamiidae. Weitere Weberknechte VIII (8. Ergänzung der "Weberknechte der Erde" 1923). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen, Bremen, 1(1), 1–168.
- ^ Roewer, C.F. (1923) Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1116 pp.
- ^ Ponting, J. (2015) Replacement name for Euwintonius insulanus Suzuki, 1982 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Assamiidae: Dampetrinae), primary junior homonym of E. insulanus Roewer, 1940. Zootaxa. 3925(3):450