Nunciella

Belongs within: Triaenonychidae.

Nunciella is an Australian genus of triaenonychid harvestmen in which the ocularium is low and unarmed, and males possess a strong proximal boss on the first cheliceral segment (Hunt 1971).

Characters (Hunt 1971): Anterior margin of carapace unarmed or with row of tubercles or granules above. Eyemound low, generally rounded, rising from or behind anterior margin, unarmed except for small granules in some species. Tergites without spines or large tubercles but with rows of granules. Chelicera of male with proximal retrodorsal boss on first segment. Pedipalp femur in male with large modified proximoventral bifid tooth which is laterally flattened and directed backwards. With pedipalp lowered this tooth abuts another modified bifid tooth on coxa of leg 1. Calcaneus of each metatarsus much shorter than astragalus and that of leg 1 in male without notch below. Tarsal formula 3–4, 8–15, 4, 4. Distitarsi 1 and 2 with two and mostly four segments respectively. Claw of both tarsus 3 and 4 three-pronged, middle prong larger than lateral. Apical portion of penis complex and usually compact. One superior and three inferior setae usual number on each ventral plate.

<==Nunciella Roewer 1929DB21 [incl. Cinuna Hickman 1958H71]
    |  i. s.: N. badia (Hickman 1958) [=*Cinuna badia]H71
    |         N. dentata (Hickman 1958) [=Cinuna dentata]H71
    |         N. granulata Roewer 1931KMS14
    |         N. karriensis Kauri 1954KMS14
    |         N. montana Forster 1955KMS14
    |         N. parvula Roewer 1931KMS14
    |         N. tuberculata Forster 1949H71
    |         N. woolcocki Forster 1955KMS14
    |--+--*N. aspera (Pocock 1902)DB21 (see below for synonymy)
    |  `--N. cheliplus Roewer 1931DB21, KMS14
    `--+--N. kangarooensis Hunt 1971DB21, H71
       `--+--+--N. tasmaniensis Hickman 1958DB21, H71
          |  `--Tasmanonyx Hickman 1958DB21, BS20
          |       `--T. montanus Hickman 1958KMS14
          `--+--Allonuncia grandis Hickman 1958DB21, KMS14
             `--NuncioidesDB21
                  |--N. dysmicus Hickman 1958KMS14
                  `--N. infrequens Hickman 1958KMS14

*Nunciella aspera (Pocock 1902)^DB21 [=Triaenonyx aspera^H71, Nuncia aspersa (l. c.)^H71; incl. Nunciella frontalis Roewer 1931^H71]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BS20] Baker, C. M., K. Sheridan, S. Derkarabetian, A. Pérez-González, S. Vélez & G. Giribet. 2020. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the temperate Gondwanan family Triaenonychidae (Opiliones: Laniatores) reveals pre-Gondwanan regionalisation, common vicariance, and rare dispersal. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 637–660.

[DB21] Derkarabetian, S., C. M. Baker, M. Hedin, C. E. Prieto & G. Giribet. 2021. Phylogenomic re-evaluation of Triaenonychoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores), and systematics of Triaenonychidae, including new families, genera and species. Invertebrate Systematics 35: 133–157.

[H71] Hunt, G. S. 1971. The genus Nunciella Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores) with description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96 (1): 53–65.

[KMS14] Kury, A. B., A. C. Mendes & D. R. Souza. 2014. World checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores—Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4094.