Paraprotus Roewer 1912
- Dataset
- Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Opiliones
- family
- Cosmetidae
- genus
- Paraprotus
etymology
Etymology: Paraprotus fromGreekπαρά (beside) + preexisting genus Protus. Gender masculine. Diagnosis: It differs from other discosomaticines by having ocularium area darker than the rest of the DS and for not having paired dots in any mesotergal area (Figs 28, 29). Clearly differs from Kayania and Marronia by having low rounded tubercles in area III instead of large spines or columns. Leg I with four basitarsomeres. Penis unknown. Included species: Paraprotus atroluteus Roewer, 1912 and Paraprotus albithorax Roewer, 1947.
Name
- Homonyms
- Paraprotus Roewer 1912
- Paraprotus