Monoscutidae

Monoscutidae
Pantopsalis listeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Eupnoi
Superfamily:	Phalangioidea
Family:	Monoscutidae Forster, 1948
Genera
see text
Diversity
5 genera, 32 species

The Monoscutidae are a family of harvestmen with 32 known species that all occur in or near Australia and New Zealand.

Species range in body length from two to three millimeters (Monoscutinae) and three to ten mm (Megalopsalidinae). The chelicerae are enormously enlarged in males of the subfamily Megalopsalidinae. Most species are coloured in shades of browns to black. Megalopsalis inconstans is jet black with bright orange patches on the carapace; Acihasta salebrosa is tan and brown with many white and gold specks over the dorsum.^[1]

The Monoscutidae are closely related to the Neopilionidae, which also occur in the Southern hemisphere.^[1]

Species[]

• Forster, 1949

• Roewer, 1923

• (Sørensen, 1886) (New South Wales; type species)
• (Hogg, 1910) (New Zealand)

• Megalopsalis chiltoni (Hogg, 1910)
• Megalopsalis nigra Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)

• (Forster, 1964) (New Zealand - Auckland Island)
• (Phillips & Grimmett, 1932) (New Zealand)
• (Hogg, 1920) (New Zealand)
• Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)
• (Pocock, 1902) (Victoria)
• Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)
• Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)
• Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)
• Forster, 1944 (New Zealand)
• Marples, 1944 (New Zealand)
• (Hogg, 1920) (New Zealand)

• Pantopsalis Simon, 1879

• Pantopsalis listeri (White, 1849) (New Zealand; type species)
• Pantopsalis albipalpis Pocock, 1903 (New Zealand)

Synonyms: Pantopsalis nigripalpis Pocock, 1902

    Pantopsalis nigripalpis spiculosa Pocock, 1902

    Pantopsalis jenningsi Pocock, 1903

• Pantopsalis cheliferoides (Colenso, 1882) (New Zealand)
• Pantopsalis coronata Pocock, 1903 (New Zealand)

Synonym: Pantopsalis trippi Pocock, 1903

• Forster, 1964 (New Zealand - Auckland Island)

Synonym: Pantopsalis mila Forster, 1964

• (Forster, 1944) (New Zealand)
• Taylor, 2004 (New Zealand)
• Hogg, 1920 (New Zealand)
• Forster, 1964 (New Zealand - Campbell Island)
• Forster, 1964 (New Zealand - Snares Island

• Forster, 1949

• (Hogg, 1910) (Tasmania; type species)
• Forster, 1949 (New South Wales)
• (Roewer, 1923) (Queensland)
• Kauri, 1954 (Western Australia)
• Hickman, 1957 (Tasmania)
• Kauri, 1954 (Western Australia)
• Forster, 1949 (Victoria)
• Hickman, 1957 (Tasmania)

• Forster, 1948

• Forster, 1948

• Forster, 1948 (New Zealand - Three Kings Islands)

• Forster, 1948

• Forster, 1948 (New Zealand)

• Taylor, 2008

• Taylor, 2008 (New Zealand)

Footnotes[]

References[]

• Forster, R. R. 1964. The Araneae and Opiliones of the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand. Pacific Insects Monograph 7: 58-115.
• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Monoscutidae
• Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
• Taylor, C. K. 2004. New Zealand harvestmen of the subfamily Megalopsalidinae (Opiliones: Monoscutidae) - the genus Pantopsalis. Tuhinga 15: 53-76.
• Taylor, C. K. 2008. A new species of Monoscutinae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Monoscutidae) from New Zealand, with a redescription of Monoscutum titirangiense. Journal of Arachnology 36: 176-179.

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