Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904

Karaman, Ivo M., Mitov, Plamen G. & Snegovaya, Nataly, 2024, Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 921 (1), pp. 173-209 : 180-181

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2427
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10656523
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scientific name	Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904
status

Treatment

Genus Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 View in CoL

Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904: 110 View in CoL .

Parasiro View in CoL – Roewer 1923: 54; 1927: 266. — Hinton 1938: 332. — Juberthie 1958: 165; 1970: 1382. — Giribet 2000: 57; 2020: 68. — Karaman 2022: 56.

Type species

Cyphophthalmus corsicus Simon, 1872 View in CoL .

Included species

Only the type species, Parasiro corsicus (Simon, 1872) View in CoL .

Diagnosis

Within the family it is clearly distinguished by the spermatopositor structure. Digiti mobiles mediales elongated, as well as terminal lobe; digiti mobiles laterales absent ( Juberthie 1958: fig. 16). Ovipositor apical lobi elongated, twice as long as wide, terminal, subterminal and all three laterodistal setae elongated, of the same length (based on Juberthie 1958: fig. 15). Astragalus of legs I–II longer than calcaneus ( de Bivort & Giribet 2004: figs 18k, 34k). CoXal lobi II (females?) with central tubercles ( de Bivort & Giribet 2004: fig. 24k). Claws of legs I with teeth.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Opiliones
Family	Sironidae