Libitioides modesta ( Banks, 1909 ) Kury & Medrano, 2023

Kury, Adriano B. & Medrano, Miguel, 2023, Once upon a time in America: recognition of the species of Libitioides from USA, with comments on other American Cosmetidae (Opiliones, Laniatores), European Journal of Taxonomy 875 (1), pp. 101-141 : 128

Libitioides modesta ( Banks, 1909) comb. nov., nom. rest.

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Vonones modestus Banks, 1909: 171 [senior subjective synonym of Libitioides ornata Roewer 1912 by Roewer (1912: 15), with inverted precedence].

Platycynorta secunda Roewer, 1947: 8 , pl. 1 fig. 2. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis

Libitioides modesta is strongly similar to L. albolineata , only differing from it by the two paramedian granules in area IV of abdomen (a row of granules in L albolineata ).

Type data

Types of Vonones modestus

CUBA • Habana, Santiago de las Vegas ; Baker leg.; USNM (not examined) .

Holotype of Platycynorta secunda

CUBA • ♂; without further locality data; SMF RII 130 /6a–b (examined by photo).

Paratype of Platycynorta secunda

CUBA • 1 ♀; without further locality data; SMF RII 130 /6a–b (examined by photo).

Distribution ( Fig. 13 )

Only known from the type locality. WWF Terrestrial Ecoregion: Cuban dry forests (NT0213).

Figures

Fig. 3. Libitioides modesta (Banks, 1909), holotype ♂ of Platycynorta secunda Roewer 1947 (SMF RII 130) from Cuba. a. Habitus, dorsal view. b. Same, ventral view. c. Original Roewer’s label. d. Same as (a), detail of dorsal scutum and basal part of legs. e. Same, detail of basichelicerite, trochanters I–III, protoglyphs and deutoglyphs. f. Same, dextrolateral view. Images courtesy Abel Pérez-González.

Fig. 13. Southeastern USA, marked with abbreviations of American states, showing the distribution of the five species of Libitioides Roewer, 1912 as proposed in this paper.