Arachnologische Mitteilungen

Doi

10.5431/aramit3504

Autor

Schönhofer AL & Hillen J

Jahr

2008

Titel

Leiobunum religiosum: neu für Deutschland (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Titel übersetzt

Leiobunum religiosum (Arachnida: Opiliones): first record for Germany

Ausgabe

Heft 35

Seiten

29-34

Abstract

L. religiosum Simon, 1879 was found at Mayen near Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. This is the first record for Germany and is about 500 km from the known distribution area of the species in the southwestern Alps. The German population seems to be restricted to the ancient Roman quarry “Mayener Grubenfeld” where it is confined to stone walls and cave systems with balanced microclimatic conditions. Genital morphological structures were found to be very fragile, were easily deformed and therefore apparently variable. Difficulties in using these characters for taxonomy are discussed. Ecology, provenance and conservation status of the newly discovered population are considered.

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Keywords

distribution; genital morphology; red data list; variability