''Meterginus '' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids,
Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...
in the family
Cosmetidae
Cosmetidae is a family of harvestmen in the suborder Laniatores. With over 700 species, it is one of the largest families in Opiliones. They are endemic of the New World with a Nearctic-Neotropical distribution where a large fraction of the dive ...
with fifteen described species (as of early 2025).
The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Description
The genus ''Meterginus'' was described by
F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 with the type species ''
Meterginus basalis''
Pickard-Cambridge, 1905. The genus was later included in the subfamily
Metergininae
Metergininae is a subfamily of harvestman, harvestmen in the family (biology), family Cosmetidae.
Taxonomy
The subfamily Metergininae includes the following genera:
* ''Arucillus''
* ''Erginulus''
* ''Meterginus''
* ''Poecilaemula''
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Meterginus'':
*'' Meterginus affinis'' Colombia
*'' Meterginus albonotatus'' Mexico (Chiapas)
*'' Meterginus apicalis'' Guatemala
*'' Meterginus basalis'' Guatemala, later Mexico
*'' Meterginus dorsalis'' Guatemala
*'' Meterginus flavicinctus'' Colombia
*'' Meterginus inermipes'' Costa Rica
*''Meterginus latesulfureus
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestman, harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic re ...
'' Brazil
*''Meterginus marginellus
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' Colombia
*'' Meterginus obscurus'' Colombia
*''Meterginus prosopis
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' Ecuador
*''Meterginus simonis
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' Colombia
*''Meterginus tibialis
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' Guatemala
*''Meterginus togatus
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' Colombia
*''Meterginus zilchi
''Meterginus '' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Desc ...
'' El Salvador
Else, for former ''Meterginus marmoratus'' (Roewer, 1912), see ''Rhaucus marmoratus
Rhaucus or Rhaukos () was a town of ancient Crete. From the story told about the Cretan bees by Antenor in his ''Cretica'' it seems that there were two cities of this name in Crete. The existence of two places so called in the island might give r ...
'' (Roewer, 1912)
For former ''Meterginus serratus'' Roewer, 1912 see ''Rhaucus serratus
Rhaucus or Rhaukos () was a town of ancient Crete. From the story told about the Cretan bees by Antenor in his ''Cretica'' it seems that there were two cities of this name in Crete. The existence of two places so called in the island might give r ...
'' (Roewer, 1912)
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
References
Further reading
* (eds.) (2007). ''Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones''. Harvard University Press, USA.
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Harvestmen
Harvestman genera
Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge