Taxonavigation

Familia: Neopilionidae
Subfamilia: Enantiobuninae
Genus: Forsteropsalis
Species: Forsteropsalis fabulosa

Name

• Forsteropsalis fabulosa (Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932)
  • Authority for current placement: Taylor, 2011: 51 ('new combination')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Obsolete combination: Megalopsalis fabulosa
  • Original combination: Macropsalis fabulosa
  • Original genus: Macropsalis Sörensen, 1886
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes ('Considerably larger specimens than the one described have been captured, but, unfortunately, have been partially destroyed by accident')
    • Fixation: automatic
    • Description: [adult] male(s) and female(s) ('♀ 4 mm.')
    • Repository: lost?
  • NOTE: invalid neotype designation by Forster (1944: 187) MONZ AH.000021 [=Forsteropsalis inconstans (Forster, 1944)]
  • Type locality: 'Wellington'

References

• Phillipps, W.J.; Grimmett, R.E.R. 1932: Some new Opiliones from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1932 [102(3)]: 731–740. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01094.x [first availability, see p. 731 and figs. 1 A, B, C]

Additional references

• Forster, R.R. 1944: The genus Megalopsalis Roewer in New Zealand with keys to the New Zealand genera of Opiliones. Records of the Dominion Museum, 1(2): 183–192. BUGZ

• Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65. Preview Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.K. 2012: Clarification of the type status of Macropsalis fabulosa Phillipps & Grimmett 1932. Zootaxa, 3194: 49–50. Preview