Meterginus
Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
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Meterginus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025).[1][2] The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.[1][3][4]
| Meterginus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
| Family: | Cosmetidae |
| Subfamily: | Metergininae |
| Genus: | Meterginus Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Meterginus basalis Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 | |
| Diversity | |
| 15 spp. (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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None | |
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.[5]
Species
These species belong to the genus Meterginus:
- Meterginus affinis Roewer, 1963 – Colombia
- Meterginus albonotatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) – Mexico (Chiapas)
- Meterginus apicalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
- Meterginus basalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala, later Mexico
- Meterginus dorsalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
- Meterginus flavicinctus (Gervais, 1842) – Colombia
- Meterginus inermipes Roewer, 1947 – Costa Rica
- Meterginus latesulfureus (Simon, 1879) – Brazil
- Meterginus marginellus (Simon, 1879) – Colombia
- Meterginus obscurus (Sørensen, 1932) – Colombia
- Meterginus prosopis Roewer, 1912 – Ecuador
- Meterginus simonis (With, 1932) – Colombia
- Meterginus tibialis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
- Meterginus togatus (Sørensen, 1932) – Colombia
- Meterginus zilchi Roewer, 1954 – El Salvador
Else, for former Meterginus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912), see Rhaucus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912) For former Meterginus serratus Roewer, 1912 see Rhaucus serratus (Roewer, 1912)
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
