Meterginus
{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}
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| taxon = Meterginus
| authority = Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
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| type_species = Meterginus basalis
| type_species_authority = Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
| diversity = 15 spp. (see text)
| synonyms = None
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Meterginus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Description
The genus Meterginus was described by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 with the type species Meterginus basalis Pickard-Cambridge, 1905. The genus was later included in the subfamily Metergininae.
Species
These species belong to the genus Meterginus:
- Meterginus affinis {{small|Roewer, 1963}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus albonotatus {{small|(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Chiapas)
- Meterginus apicalis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Meterginus basalis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala, later Mexico
- Meterginus dorsalis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Meterginus flavicinctus {{small|(Gervais, 1842)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus inermipes {{small|Roewer, 1947}}{{snd}}Costa Rica
- Meterginus latesulfureus {{small|(Simon, 1879)}}{{snd}}Brazil
- Meterginus marginellus {{small|(Simon, 1879)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus obscurus {{small|(Sørensen, 1932)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus prosopis {{small|Roewer, 1912}}{{snd}}Ecuador
- Meterginus simonis {{small|(With, 1932)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus tibialis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Meterginus togatus {{small|(Sørensen, 1932)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Meterginus zilchi {{small|Roewer, 1954}}{{snd}}El Salvador
Else, for former Meterginus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912), see Rhaucus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912)
For former Meterginus serratus Roewer, 1912 see Rhaucus serratus (Roewer, 1912)
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
References
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Further reading
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- {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Medrano|first1=M.|last2=Kury|first2=A.B.|last3=Martins|first3=P.H.|last4=Proud|first4=D.N.|date=2024|title=The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=58|issue=9-12|pages=311–329|doi=10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=|language=en}}
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External links
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