Napostygnus Roewer, 1929

Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo, Benedetti, Alipio Rezende, de Vasconcelos, Eduardo Gomes & Hara, Marcos Ryotaro, 2012, New systematic assignments in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores), ZooKeys 198, pp. 25-68 : 29

Napostygnus Roewer, 1929 new family assignment

Napostygnus Roewer, 1929: 274, 275; Kury 2003: 145; (type species: Napostygnus bispinosus Roewer, 1929, by monotypy).

Diagnosis.

Napostygnus was originally placed in Gonyleptidae , Prostygninae and transferred to the Gonyleptidae , Metasarcinae by Kury (2003). It differs from the other 75 genera of Cranaidae by the following combination of characters: ocularium, scutal areas I–IV, posterior margin of dorsal scutum and free tergite I unarmed; free tergites II–III with one spine; posterior margin of dorsal scutum concave; legs thin and unarmed; penis with ventral plate wider at the middle, three pairs of distal setae, two pairs of basal setae, glans with dorsal process, stylus with apex enlarged.

Composition.

Monotypic.