Platymessa ectroxantha ( Mello-Leitão, 1941 ) Medrano & Kury, 2016

Medrano, Miguel & Kury, Adriano B., 2016, Characterization of Platymessa with redescription of the type species and a new generic synonymy (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae), Zootaxa 4085 (1), pp. 52-62 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5093CA8A-2BBC-420D-B7D2-B4B4C0E285D6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6078827
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038487AE-BB4C-4C7C-18BE-F9AB8C420A86
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platymessa ectroxantha ( Mello-Leitão, 1941 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Platymessa ectroxantha ( Mello-Leitão, 1941) View in CoL comb. nov., species inquirenda

Brachylibitia ectroxantha Mello-Leitão, 1941: 166 View in CoL , fig. 1; Kury 2003: 38. Cynorta ectroxantha: Goodnight & Goodnight 1953: 38 View in CoL .

Type data. Type (s) (whereabouts unknown, probably once in MNRJ, now lost), COLOMBIA, Boyacá, La Uvita (6°17’N; 72°30’W) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. From Greek ἐκτρανόω (signify clearly) + ξανΘός (yellow).

Remarks. The type material of this species is lost. Mello-Leitão’s original description is enough to recognize this as a Platymessa as defined here and a different species from P. h-inscriptum, although a search for topotypes is needed to allow the assessment of many characters. Therefore, the comparative diagnosis as given here is severely limited to what can be squeezed from the original description.

Diagnosis. Scutal area I unarmed, area V with two acuminate tubercles. Ladder-blot with rungs only, no rails. Tarsus III heptamerous. Length of legs ca. 9/15/11 / 15 mm.