Genus Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923

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• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)

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