Rhaucoides
| Rhaucoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
| Family: | Cosmetidae |
| Subfamily: | Metergininae |
| Genus: | Rhaucoides Roewer, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Rhaucoides ornatus Roewer, 1912
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| Diversity | |
| 7 spp. (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhaucoides is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with eight described species (as of early 2025).[1][2] All species are from South America.[1][3][4]
Description
[edit]The genus Rhaucoides was described by Roewer, 1912 with the type species Rhaucoides ornatus (Roewer, 1912).
Species
[edit]These species belong to the genus Rhaucoides:
- Rhaucoides atahualpa Medrano, García & Kury, 2022 – Ecuador
- Rhaucoides devillei (Simon, 1879) – Ecuador
- Rhaucoides marmoratus Roewer, 1947 – Ecuador
- Rhaucoides nasa Medrano, García & Kury, 2022 – Colombia
- Rhaucoides ornatus Roewer, 1912 – Ecuador
- Rhaucoides riveti Roewer, 1914 – Ecuador
- Rhaucoides virescens (Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Ecuador
Etymology
[edit]The genus is masculine. Genus name derives from apre-existing genus Rhaucus + interpreted masculine Latin suffix -oides.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Rhaucoides". Kury, A. et al. (2025). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Rhaucoides". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Rhaucoides". iNaturalist. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Rhaucoides". GBIF. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
- Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus". Journal of Natural History. 58 (9–12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966.
External links
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Media related to Rhaucoides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rhaucoides at Wikispecies
