TY  - JOUR
A1  - Karaman, Ivo M.
A1  - Mitov, Plamen G.
A1  - Snegovaya, Nataly
T1  - Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - A new family of Cyphophthalmi with disjunct Mediterranean distribution, Parasironidae fam. nov., is proposed. The new family comprises four genera and seven species. Cimmerosiro gen. nov., Tirrenosiro gen. nov. and Ebrosiro gen. nov. are described as new genera, and Tirrenosiro axeli gen. et sp. nov., Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi gen. et sp. nov., C. juberthiei gen. et sp. nov. and C. rhodiensis gen. et sp. nov. as new species. Parasironidae stands out by a set of characteristics that we recognize as predominantly plesiomorphic. These characteristics and the present distribution indicate the great age of the family, probably early Mesosoic. We attribute its origin to the western part of the Cimmerian terrane, and its current distribution and diversification of the major clades to geotectonic events during the Mesozoic. Additionally, a new sensory organ (sensilla) has been discovered in Cyphophthalmi. This organ is located on the pedipalp coxae and is believed to have a potential hygroreceptive function.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 921:173-209 
KW  - biogeography, geotectonic
KW  - Mesozoic
KW  - Neotethys
KW  - sensilla
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73633
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-736337
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2024
IS  - 921
SP  - 173
EP  - 209
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -