New species of Opilioninae (Opiliones:Phalangiidae) from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan and Uzbekistan

Abstract

Eight new harvestman species and one new genus are described from the mountains of Central Asia:Egaenus bajsun (Uzbekistan), Homolophus gricenkoi (Tadjikistan), H. chevrizovi (Tadjikistan), H. andreevae (Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan), H. silhavyi (Kyrgyzstan), H. chemerisi (Tadjikistan), Pamiropilio (gen. n.) tsurusakii (Tadjikistan) and P. naukat (Kyrgyzstan). To the newly described genus also Euphalangium suzukii &Scarn;ilhavý is included (comb. n.). Pamiropilio belongs to the recently separated tribe Opilionini.