Otilioleptidae is a monotypic harvestmen family, placed within Gonyleptoidea. It contains a single genus, Otilioleptes, and a single species, Otilioleptes marcelae . This harvestman is a troglobite, to date only found in the lava tube known as "Doña Otilia", Payunia region, Mendoza province, Argentina.[1]
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| Family: | Otilioleptidae Acosta 2019
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| Genus: | Otilioleptes Acosta, 2019
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References
edit- ^ Acosta, Luis E. (2019-10-23). "A relictual troglomorphic harvestman discovered in a volcanic cave of western Argentina: Otilioleptes marcelae, new genus, new species, and Otilioleptidae, new family (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptoidea)". PLOS ONE. 14 (10): e0223828. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223828. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6808334. PMID 31644592.