Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zalmoxoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Opiliones
Subordo: Laniatores
Infraordo: Grassatores
Superfamilia: Zalmoxoidea

Familia: Zalmoxidae
Genus: Zalmoxis
Species: Zalmoxis gebeleizis

Name

  • Zalmoxis gebeleizis Sharma, Buenavente, Clouse, Diesmos & Giribet, 2012: 31, figs. 1–4, 22b
Holotype: PNM [ex MCZ DNA104059], ♂, collected October 2008 by Cichosz & Einhaupl.
Type locality: The research station of the Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Program (PESCP), Sibaliw, Municipality of Buruanga, Province of Aklan, Panay Island (11º 49’ 11” N, 121º 58’ 0” E), Philippines, 450 m elevation.
Etymology: The name refers to a god of the Getae (or Thracians, an ancient civilization of Indo-Europeans that inhabited the territory to the north and east of the Aegean Sea, and had extensive contact with the Greeks and Romans). Gebeleizis was the bearded god of thunderstorms and possibly a synonym or reincarnation of Zalmoxis.

References

  • Sharma, P.P.; Buenavente, P.A.C.; Clouse, R.M.; Diesmos A.C.; Giribet G., 2012: Forgotten gods: Zalmoxidae of the Philippines and Borneo (Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 3280: 29–55. Preview
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