Conomma

Selected features of Conomma asperum, from Lawrence (1949): (a) leg IV, (b) close-up of junction of metatarsus and tarsus in leg IV, (c) lateral view of ocularium.

Belongs within: Pyramidopidae.

Conomma is a genus of short-legged harvestmen found in tropical Africa whose species bear a granular eyemound.

<==Conomma Loman 1902SPG11
|--*C. forte Loman 1902SPG11 [=C. fortisS92]
|--C. asperum Lawrence 1949 [=C. asper]KM20
|--C. biarmata Roewer 1949 [=C. biarmatum]S92
|--C. cassinium Roewer 1949SPG11 [=C. cassiniaS92]
|--C. dentichelis Lawrence 1957S92
|--C. ealae Roewer 1950S92
|--C. feae Roewer 1927SPG11 [=C. feaiS92]
|--C. fuscipes Kauri 1985S92
|--C. harpago Roewer 1949S92
|--C. minimum Roewer 1912SPG11 [=C. minimaS92]
|--C. oedipus Roewer 1949SPG11
|--C. orientale Roewer 1949SPG11 [=C. orientalisS92]
|--C. pachytarsus Roewer 1949S92
|--C. palmeni Kauri 1985S92
|--C. principeum Roewer 1949SPG11 [=C. principeaS92; incl. C. annobomum Roewer 1949S92]
|--C. pygata Roewer 1949 [=C. pygatum]S92
|--C. simplex Roewer 1949S92
`--C. troglodytes Lawrence 1952SPG11

Nomen nudum: Conomma sorianoi Prieto 1999SP10

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[KM20] Kury, A. B., A. C. Mendes, L. Cardoso, M. S. Kury & A. A. Granado. 2020. WCO-Lite: Online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0—Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018. Published by the author: Rio de Janeiro.

[SP10] Santos, R., & C. E. Prieto. 2010. Los Assamiidae (Opiliones: Assamiidae) de Río Muni (Guinea Ecuatorial), con la descripción de ocho nuevas especies. Revista de Biologia Tropical 58 (1): 203–243.

[SPG11] Sharma, P. P., C. E. Prieto & G. Giribet. 2011. A new family of Laniatores (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Afrotropics. Invertebrate Systematics 25: 143–154.

[S92] Staręga, W. 1992. An annotated check-list of Afrotropical harvestmen, excluding the Phalangiidae (Opiliones). Annals of the Natal Museum 33 (2): 271–336.

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