A new species of genus Euphalangium Roewer (Opiliones: Phalangidae) from western Himalayan region of India

Abstract

A new species Euphalangium martensi is described from western Himalayan region with detail accounts and illustrations of external morphology and genitalia of both male and female. The morphometric data for legs I -IV (male & female) are given in tabular form.

Himachalus pradeshicus, an unusual new harvestman genus and species from the Indian Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh (Arachnida, Opiliones, Phalangiidae)

“…Only quite recently Das & Bastawade (2006) described one more opilionid species, Homolophus martensi Das & Bastawade, 2006, from Lahul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. Unfortunately, they overlooked that a species carrying this name already existed: Homolophus martensi Staręga, 1986.…”

“…These four are long-legged and conspicuous species, which are easy to collect. Only quite recentlyDas & Bastawade (2006) described one more opilionid species, Homolophus martensiDas & Bastawade, 2006, from Lahul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. Homolophus, genera that are both rather rich in species in Nepal and southern Tibet.…”

Homolophus bastawadei, a replacement name for the homonymEuphalangium martensi(Opiliones: Phalangiidae)

“…The name Euphalangium martensi was given by Stargga (1986) for a species from an unspecified locality in eastern Tibet. Twenty years later the same name was used by Das & Bastawade (2006) for another species from the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Both names are homonyms, and according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999) the younger name must be changed.…”