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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Genus: | Metapellobunus Roewer, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Pellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912 | |
| Diversity | |
| 3 spp. (see text) | |
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Metapellobunus is a genus of harvestmen in the Grassatores with three described species (as of January 2025). Two species are found in the Lesser Antilles, and one in Ecuador. An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).
Description
The genus Metapellobunus was described by Roewer, 1923 with the type species Pellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912.
Species
These species belong to the genus Metapellobunus:
- Metapellobunus lapidosus Roewer, 1928 – Ecuador
- Metapellobunus lutzi (Goodnight & Goodnight 1942) – Dominica
- Metapellobunus unicolor Roewer, 1912 – US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas.)
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
References
- ^ "Metapellobunus". Kury et al. (2025). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- "Metapellobunus Roewer, 1923". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- "Metapellobunus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- Pérez-González, Abel; Mamani, Vanesa; Proud, Daniel N. (2025). "On the genus Neoscotolemon (Opiliones: Laniatores: Samooidea incertae sedis) with the description of one new species". Zootaxa. 5563 (1): 109–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.11.
- Roewer, Carl F. (1923). Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Jena, Germany: Gustav Fischer. pp. 1–1116.
- Roewer, Carl F. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren)". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 19 (4): 1–294.
Further reading
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
Data related to Metapellobunus at Wikispecies
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