Taxonomy
Many other species were included in the genus ''Rhaucus'', until a taxonomic revision (in 2017) reduced the genus to a more clearly defined grouping and synonymized or transferred multiple previously described species to leave five remaining species. A previously synonymized species, '' R. papilionaceus'', was revalidated in 2018.Two other species were later transferred into the genus and two new species described.Etymology
''Rhaucus'' is likely named for an ancient Cretian town, Rhaucus.Species
''Rhaucus'' contains the following species: (after García & Kury, 2017; García & Daniela Ahumada-C., 2018; Pinzón-Morales & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2024). * '' Rhaucus artifex'' * '' Rhaucus florezi'' * '' Rhaucus gaiterus'' * '' Rhaucus marmoratus'' * '' Rhaucus papilionaceus'' * '' Rhaucus quinquelineatus'' * '' Rhaucus robustus'' * '' Rhaucus serratus'' * '' Rhaucus serripes'' * '' Rhaucus trilineatus'' * '' Rhaucus vulneratus'' (Note: '' Rhaucus trilineatus'' is interpreted as having been indirectly transferred to ''Rhaucus'' due to the synonymy of ''Metarhaucus'' F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 under ''Rhaucus'' in García & Kury (2017: 417). There, the type species ''Metarhaucus fuscus'' Pickard-Cambridge 1905 became a junior synonym of ''Rhaucus serripes'' (Simon, 1879)), consequently leading to ''Metarhaucus'' = ''Rhaucus''. Other species then placed in ''Metarhaucus'' at that time and similarly affected by the same synonymy have since been re-formalised into other genera).References
Further reading
* (eds.) (2007). ''Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones''. Harvard University Press, USA.External links
* Cosmetidae Harvestman genera Endemic fauna of Colombia Arthropods of Colombia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Opiliones-stub