Metaplatybunus valentinae Snegovaya, 2022

Snegovaya, Nataly Y. & Makarova, Olga L., 2025, New data on harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Caucasian glaciers, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5653 (1), pp. 123-132 : 128

Metaplatybunus valentinae Snegovaya, 2022

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Material. 1♀ ( RCNS), Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Adyl-Su River valley, Kashkatash Glacier foreland, 153 years old site [Line IX], 2277 m a.s.l., 43.217998° N, 42.685711° E, old pine forest with Hedysarum sp. and mosses, from sift, 15− 22.07.2023, leg. O.L. Makarova.

The species was described by the first author in 2022 ( Snegovaya, 2022) from Kabardino-Balkaria based on males. The female is described for the first time in this report.

Description. The female differs from the male in larger body sizes and a rounded body shape ( Fig. 3A ). Female body length 4.3, wide 2.0. Pedipalp lengths 1.2+1.0+0.7+1.2 =4.1 ( Figs. 3B–C ). Cheliceral basal segment length 1.0, distal segment 1.3 ( Figs. 3D–E ). Lengths of leg segments: I: 3.0+0.9+2.2+3.5+3.6 =13.2; IV: 5.0+0.8+3.0+5.6+6.3 =20.7.

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FIGURE 3. Metaplatybunus valentinae Snegovaya, 2022. A. female body, habitus dorsal; B, C. female right pedipalp (B— lateral, C—mesal); D, E. female right chelicera (D—lateral, E—mesal). Scale: A 1.0 mm; C–E 0.5 mm.