Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) Roewer, 1949

Sharma, Prashant P., Kury, Adriano B. & Giribet, Gonzalo, 2011, Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species, Zootaxa 2972, pp. 37-58 : 51

Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) new combination, revalidated

Euzalmoxis ponapea Roewer, 1949a , p. 24, figs. 30a–d (pl. 4) [junior subjective synonym of Parazalmoxida solitaria Roewer, 1917 , by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957), synonymy herein disclaimed].

Zalmoxis solitaria [partim.]: Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957, p. 81–83.

Record. * Ponape, Caroline Islands.

Remarks. Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) did not observe any specimens resembling what Roewer (1949b) described as Euzalmoxis ponapea , but nevertheless synonymized Parazalmoxida solitaria and Euzalmoxis ponapea as Zalmoxis solitaria on the basis of close similarities between specimens available to them from Jaluit and Ponape. The synonymy was erroneous; there are clear differences between Roewer's " Parazalmoxida " and " Euzalmoxis " from Micronesian islands (namely, differences in size, shape, and length of appendages). The Goodnights were clearly (as they themselves conceded) looking at one widespread species (" Parazalmoxida ") and making an assumption about another within the range of the first. We resurrect Euzalmoxis ponapea , but follow Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) with respect to the synonymy of Euzalmoxis with Zalmoxis .