O rodu kosaca Lola Kratochvil (Opiliones: Laniatores)

Authors and affiliation

• D. Ubick
• Roman Ozimec ADIPA–Croatian Society for Natural History Diversity Research & Conservation, Orehovečki ogranak 37, HR-100 40 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The species Lola insularis Kratochvíl, the sole representative of the genus, is redescribed on the basis of recently collected adult specimens. As the holotype is apparently lost, a neotype is designated from this new material. The previously unknown male and the genitalia of both sexes are described and illustrated for the first time. The genus appears distinct from the known phalangodid genera in both genitalic and somatic characters. Although the relationship of Lola Kratochvíl to other genera is not clear, it resembles in some characters both the Palearctic genus Ausobskya Martens and the Nearctic genera Sitalcina Banks, Texella Goodnight & Goodnight, and Phalangodes Tellkampf.

Keywords

Lola, Phalangodidae, Opiliones, troglobitic, cave, Croatia

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