History of changes

• Australiscutum Taylor, C.K. 2009. Australiscutum, a new genus of Monoscutidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from eastern Australia, with the first record of asymmetrical chelicerae in Opiliones. Insect Systematics and Evolution 40: 319-332 [321].

  Type species:

   Australiscutum hunti Taylor, 2009 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW: Nandewar (NAN) ; NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Australiscutum graciliforceps Taylor, C.K. 2009. Australiscutum, a new genus of Monoscutidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from eastern Australia, with the first record of asymmetrical chelicerae in Opiliones. Insect Systematics and Evolution 40: 319-332 [327].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S1653 ♂, Nothofagus, New England National Park, New South Wales [30°30’S 152°23’E].
  Paratype(s) AM 20♂, various.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest.

History of changes

• Australiscutum hunti Taylor, C.K. 2009. Australiscutum, a new genus of Monoscutidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from eastern Australia, with the first record of asymmetrical chelicerae in Opiliones. Insect Systematics and Evolution 40: 319-332 [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S74226 ♂, south-east Queensland, Dingo Ck, via Traveston [26°18’S 152°48’E].
  Paratype(s) QM numerous specimens (also in AM), various loaclities.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Australiscutum triplodaemon Taylor, C.K. 2009. Australiscutum, a new genus of Monoscutidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from eastern Australia, with the first record of asymmetrical chelicerae in Opiliones. Insect Systematics and Evolution 40: 319-332 [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS62234 ♂, Christophersons Mountain, 2 km SSW of Bostobrick, New South Wales [30°17’45”S 152°37’04”E].
  Paratype(s) AM 7♂, several localities.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [866] [nom. nov. for Macropsalis Sörensen, 1886; redescription].

  Type species:

   Macropsalis serritarsus Sørensen, 1886 by monotypy.
• Macropsalis Sörensen, W. 1886. Opiliones. pp. 53-86 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, K. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [54] [junior homonym of Macropsalis Sclater, 1866 (AVES)].

  Type species:

   Macropsalis serritarsus Sörensen, 1886 by monotypy.
• Spinicrus Forster, R.R. 1949. Australian Opiliones. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 16: 59-89 [63].

  Type species:

   Pantopsalis tasmanica Hogg, 1910 by original designation.
• Hypomegalopsalis Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [45].

  Type species:

   Hypomegalopsalis tanisphyros Taylor, 2011 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [63] (for Spinicrus Forster, 1949 and Hypomegalopsalis Taylor, 2011)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis atrocidiana Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S359351 ♂, Central Queensland, Mt Dalrymple [21°03'S, 148°38'E].
  Paratype(s) QM S359351 1♀, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis caeruleomontium Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS63019 ♂, Mt Kembla, Sydney Catchment Authority Reserve, New South Wales [34°26'33"S, 150°44'24"E].
  Paratype(s) AM numerous males and females, various localities.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis coronata Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S406791 ♂, Queensland, Sunday Creek.
  Paratype(s) QM S406791 & S742371 2♂, Qld, Sunday Creek & Conondale Range; QM S406791 & S742371 2♂, Qld, Sunday Creek & Conondale Range.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis epizephyros Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T72092 ♂, Stirling Range National Park, Bluff Knoll, Western Australia [34°23'S 118°15'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 150♂ 1♀, collected with holotype.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis eremiotis Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S154501 ♂, Little Desert, Victoria, Australia [36°35'S 141°45'E].
  Paratype(s) QM 6♂ 2♀ (also in WAM), variopus localities, Vic & SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Vic: Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Macropsalis hoggi Pocock, R.I. 1903. On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 392-413 [398].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Macedon, Victoria, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Forster, R.R. 1949. Australian Opiliones. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 16: 59-89 [61].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Forster, R.R. 1949. Australian Opiliones. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 16: 59-89 [61] (redescription and distribution)

Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [867] (redescription)

Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [39] (redescribed)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis leptekes Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 90/1313 ♂, Tallering Station, Western Australia.
  Paratype(s) WAM T71949 ♂, Mokine, Western Australia [31°44'S 116°35'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF)

History of changes

• Spinicrus minimus Kauri, H. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislen's expedition to Australia in 1951-1952. 9. Harvest-spiders from S. W. Australia. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. 50(11): 3-10 [7].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMLU 4♂ 8♀, entrance to Mammoth Cave, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia; ZMLU 1♂ 7♀, Cozy Corner, Hamelin lighthouse, Western Australia, Australia; ZMLU 1♀, Walpole, Western Australia, Australia; ZMLU 1♀, Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis minimus (Kauri, 1954). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Spinicrus nigricans Hickman, V.V. 1957. Some Tasmanian harvestmen of the sub-order Palpatores. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 91: 65-79 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Myrtle Gully, Cascades, Tasmania, Australia.
  Paratype(s) AM 1♀ (allotype), Hastings, Tasmania, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis nigricans (Hickman, 1957). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [84]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis pilliga Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS30695 ♂, Pilliga East State Forest, Bohera Bore, Forest Way Road, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) AM KS30695 1♂, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Spinicrus porongorupensis Kauri, H. 1954. Report from Professor T. Gislen's expedition to Australia in 1951-1952. 9. Harvest-spiders from S. W. Australia. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. 50(11): 3-10 [8].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMLU 3♂ 1♀, Porongorups, Western Australia, Australia;
  Status unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis porongorupensis (Kauri, 1954). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [68]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis puerilis Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [85].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S2835 ♂, SE Queensland, Binna Burra.
  Paratype(s) QM S46985 ♂, Springbrook Repeater, SE Queensland [28°15'S, 153°16'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Macropsalis serritarsus Sörensen, W. 1886. Opiliones. pp. 53-86 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, K. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [55].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 specimens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ZMH 2♂, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [867] (redescription)

History of changes

• Spinicrus stewarti Forster, R.R. 1949. Australian Opiliones. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 16: 59-89 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, Mt Buffalo, Victoria, Australia.
  Paratype(s) NMV 1♀ (allotype), Mt Buffalo, Victoria, Australia; MONZ "large numbers", Mt Buffalo, Victoria, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis stewarti (Forster, 1949). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [87]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis sublucens Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S2857 ♂, SW Tasmania, Franklin River, below Goodwin’s Peak.
  Paratype(s) QM S2857 1♂ 1♀, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis suffugiens Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T723031 ♂, Balgair Station, cave 6N–612, Western Australia.
  Paratype(s) WAM 4♂ 4♀, various caves in same general area.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller.

History of changes

• Megalopsalis tanisphyros Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T80802 ♂, Cape Arid National Park, Mt Arid, south side nr summit, Western Australia [33°57'45"S 123°13'01"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 11♂, various localities.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Hampton (HAM)

History of changes

• Pantopsalis tasmanica Hogg, H.R. 1910. Some New Zealand and Tasmanian Arachnidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 42: 273-283 [279].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3 specimens, Tasmania, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis tasmanicum (Hogg, 1910). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

General References

Hickman, V.V. 1957. Some Tasmanian harvestmen of the sub-order Palpatores. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 91: 65-79 [73] (redescription and distribution)

Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [865] (redescription, as Pantopsalis tasmanica)

History of changes

• Spinicrus thrypticum Hickman, V.V. 1957. Some Tasmanian harvestmen of the sub-order Palpatores. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 91: 65-79 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, St Columba Falls, Pyengana, Tasmania, Australia.
  Paratype(s) AM 1♀ (allotype), St Columba Falls, Pyengana, Tasmania, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Megalopsalis thrypticum (Hickman, 1957). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [63]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis walpolensis Taylor, C.K. 2013. Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys 328: 59–117 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T78848 ♂, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, Knoll Drive, Walpole, Western Australia [34°59'43"S, 116°43'12"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T788561 1♂, Mt Shadforth, Western Australia [34°58’04"S, 117°16’47"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Neopantopsalis Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [45].

  Type species:

   Neopantopsalis quasimodo Taylor & Hunt, 2009 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Spinicrus camelus Forster, R.R. 1949. Australian Opiliones. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 16: 59-89 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, Tubrabucca, New South Wales, Australia.
  Paratype(s) NMV 1♀ (allotype), Tubrabucca, New South Wales, Australia; NMV "numerous specimens", Tubrabucca, New South Wales, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Neopantopsalis camelus (Forster, 1949). —
  Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [50]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

History of changes

• Pantopsalis continentalis Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [866].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF ♂, Winton, Queensland, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Spinicrus continentale (Roewer, 1923). —
  Hickman, V.V. 1957. Some Tasmanian harvestmen of the sub-order Palpatores. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 91: 65-79 [73]
• Neopantopsalis continentalis (Roewer, 1923). —
  Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [51]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Channel Country (CHC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

History of changes

• Neopantopsalis pentheter Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S74246 ♂, Springbrook Repeater, south-east Queensland [28°15’S 153°16’E].
  Paratype(s) QM 16♂ 3♀, as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Neopantopsalis psile Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S2865 ♂, Kroombit Tops (Calliope Range), 45 km SSW Calliope, Queensland [24°24’S 150°56’E].
  Paratype(s) QM 3♂, Kroombit Tops.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest.

History of changes

• Neopantopsalis quasimoda Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S2481, S39684 ♂, Mt Finnigan, 850–1100 m, 37 km S of Cooktown, N Queensland [15°49’S 145°17’E].
  Paratype(s) QM 14 males, all Mt Finnigan.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Rainforest.

History of changes

• Neopantopsalis thaumatopoios Taylor, C.K. & Hunt, G.S. 2009. New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 [57].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S2850 ♂, New England National Park, New South Wales [30°28’S 152°29’E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET)

Ecological Descriptors

Under rocks.

History of changes

• Tercentenarium Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [47].

  Type species:

   Megalopsalis linnaei Taylor, 2008 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Megalopsalis linnaei Taylor, C.K. 2008. A new species of Monoscutidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) from the wheatbelt of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(4): 375-380 [376].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T72981 ♂, Western Australia, Lake Gounter [32°23'48"S 118°49'06"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM numerous specimens, many wheatbelt sites.

Generic Combinations

• Tercentenarium linnaei (Taylor, 2008). —
  Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65 [46]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes