Metassamia septemdentata Roewer, 1924

Kharkongor, Ilona Jacinta, Saikia, Uttam, Khynriam, Dimos & Saikia, Bhaskar, 2023, Current status of faunal diversity of Siju Cave, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (3), pp. 283-303 : 293

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i3/2023/172670

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987E3-B666-F21C-9615-EE7FFD74C688

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scientific name

Metassamia septemdentata Roewer, 1924
status

 

24. Metassamia septemdentata Roewer, 1924 View in CoL [ Fig. 9H View Figure 9 ]

1924. Metassamia septemdentata Roewer, Rec. Ind. Mus. XXVI , p. 69-70, Fig.1 View Figure 1 .

Material examined: 6 ex. Siju Cave (~ 250-300m inside the Cave), Siju village, South Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 25 o 21.061’N, 90 o 41.006’E, 119m, 3.i.2020, coll. I. J. Kharkongor & party, Reg. No. IV /ARA/ERS-71 GoogleMaps ; 13 ex. Siju Cave (~ 350-500m inside the Cave), Siju village, South Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 25 o 21.061’N, 90 o 41.006’E, 119m, 12.xii.2018, coll. I. J. Kharkongor & party, Reg. No.IV /ARA/ERS-74 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Roewer (1924) described this species from Siju Cave based on 18 specimens (♂ + ♀) collected from “ 400 to 500 ft. and 800 – 1200 ft. from entrance ”. Our current specimens were collected from approximately 250 – 300m inside the Cave. A sizeable population is observed around the outer bat chamber. To date, there is no record of this species from other caves in Meghalaya or elsewhere.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Opiliones

Family

Assamiidae

Genus

Metassamia

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