IRMNG - Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923

IRMNG taxon details

Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923

IRMNG_ID

1097487 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1097487)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Megalopsalididae

Synonymised names

Intutoportula Taylor, 2025 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

Macropsalis Sørensen in Koch (Keyserling), 1886 · unaccepted

Spinicruroides Taylor, 2025 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

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Species Megalopsalis chiltoni Hogg, 1909
Species Megalopsalis distincta (Forster, 1964)
Species Megalopsalis fabulosa (Grimmett & Phillipps, 1932)
Species Megalopsalis grayi (Hogg, 1920)
Species Megalopsalis grimmetti Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis hoggi (Pocock, 1903)
Species Megalopsalis inconstans Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis luna Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis marplesi Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis serritarsus (Sörensen, 1886)
Species Megalopsalis triascuta Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis tumida Forster, 1944
Species Megalopsalis turneri Marples, 1944
Species Megalopsalis wattsi (Hogg, 1920)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Weberknechte Erde
page(s): 866 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Macropsalis Soerensen 1886 (Nomen. Zool.).

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Macropsalis Soerensen 1886 (Nomen. Zool.). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1097487 on 2026-04-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Weberknechte Erde
page(s): 866 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Shear, 1982 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

extant flag source as per family [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Macropsalis Sørensen in Koch (Keyserling), 1886) Keyserling, E. (1885-1890). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet, Volume 2. Nürnberg: Bauer und Rape Verlag. 274 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51908647
page(s): 54 [details]

original description (of Intutoportula Taylor, 2025) Taylor, C.K. (2025). Further discussion of relationships within Australasian Neopilionidae (Opiliones: Phalangioidea), with description of two new species and eight new genera. Zootaxa. 5631(1): 52-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.2 [details]

original description (of Spinicruroides Taylor, 2025) Taylor, C.K. (2025). Further discussion of relationships within Australasian Neopilionidae (Opiliones: Phalangioidea), with description of two new species and eight new genera. Zootaxa. 5631(1): 52-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.2 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info nomen nova pro Macropsalis (Hallan, 2000-) [details]

Taxonomic remark n.n. pro Macropsalis Soerensen 1886 (Nomen. Zool.). [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Macropsalis Sørensen in Koch (Keyserling), 1886)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Macropsalis Sørensen in Koch (Keyserling), 1886)