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PHYLOGENY/TAXONOMY
 
Genus Galeodes
Genus
Galeodopsis
Genus Galeodumus
Genus Gluviema
Genus Othoes
Othoes floweri
Othoes hirsti
Othoes rimmonensis
Othoes saharae
Othoes vittatus
Genus Paragaleodes
Genus
Paragaleodiscus
Genus Roeweriscus
Genus Zombis
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Genus
Othoes
Hirst 1911
Othoes Hirst, 1911a: 220-221; Hirst 1912: 231; Roewer, 1934:
535-536, figs. 313 f,g,k, 318 a; Panouse, 1960b: 183-184;Panouse, 1964:49-51.
Type species: Othoes floweri Hirst, 1911 a, by
monotypy.
Distribution: Africa, Middle East.
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Othoes hirsti Lawrence 1954.
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Original description (Hirst 1911a: 220,
221):
"Patella and tibia of" maxilIipalp (of female)
without either spines or bristles. Legs long and slender; the tarsus
of the first leg apparently without claws and furnished at the end
with a dense scopula of fine hairs, which are forked at their
extremities.
Tarsi of second and third legs with the spinal armature
I
1 +
1 + 2
+ 2
I 2
(1)
I
; as will be seen from this
formula, an additional unpaired spine is present on the proximal
segment, the spines on the anterior side of this segment being four
in number (two of which are unpaired),
and those on the
posterior side only two in number. Claws of the second, third,
and fourth pairs of legs much longer than in Galeodes, those of
the legs of the fourth pair being the longest (fig. 1 and fig. 2)."
 
Subsequent accounts:
Hirst 1912: 231
This genus can be easily distinguished from
Galeodes by the much greater length of the terminal part of the
claws of the posterior legs. Moreover, the ventral surface of the
tibia and metatarsus of the palp is only furnished with fine hairs,
spines and strong bristles being entirely absent. Owing to the
similarity in the length of their appendages and of the coloration
of the palp the species of this genus present a considerable
superficial resemblance to those of Galeodopsis (subgen. of
Galeodes), but they differ from them in a number of very
important structural characters. The stigmata of the second and
third abdominal segments are pectinate above and the basal portion
of the claws is hairy in Othoes, as in all other Galeodidae.
Roewer 1934 (pp. 535-536, figs. 313 f,g,k, 318
a):
Galeodidae, deren 2. und 3. Tarsus ventral
mit jeweils 1.1.2.2 oder 1.2.2.2 Dornen und deren 4. Tarsus ventral
mit 2.2.2/2/0 Dornen bewehrt ist (Abb. 313, f, g, k). -
Unguiculus der Krallen des 2. - 4. Tarsus auffällig lang und kaum
kürzer als die halbe Länge des Pedunculus (Abb. 318, a). - Am
Gebiß fehlt
bisweilen der zweite der üblichen 3 Vorderzähne des unbeweglichen
Fingers, und am 2. und 3. Tarsus trägt das letzte Glied bisweilen
nur je einen Dorn (?).
Translation: Galeodidae,
whose 2nd and 3rd tarsi are each armed with 1.1.2.2 or 1.2.2.2
ventral spines and whose 4th tarsus is armed with 2.2.2/2/0 ventral
spines (Figs. 313, f, g, k). Unguiculus of the
2nd through 4th tarsal claws remarkably long and barely shorter than
half the length of the pedunculus (Fig. 318, a). In the
dentition of the fixed finger, the 2nd of the usual 3 anterior teeth
is sometimes missing, and on the 2nd and 3rd tarsus, the last
segment now and then bears only one spine (?).
 
Five
species are included in the genus:
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Othoes floweri Hirst
Othoes floweri Hirst, 1911a: 221-222, figs 2-3; Roewer, 1934: 536, fig. 318d; Panouse, 1964: 51-54, figs Ib, 2a-e.
Type locality: Wadi (as Wady) Haifa, Sudan.
Distribution: Sudan.
Othoes hirsti Lawrence
Othoes hirsti Lawrence, 1954a: 118-120, figs 5a-b; Panouse, 1964: 57-65, figs la, 4-5, 6a-b, 7a-d, 8-9, lOa-b, 11a-b.
Type locality: Jiddah (as Jedda), Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Distribution: Saudi Arabia.
Othoes rimmonensis Panouse, Levy and Shulov
Othoes rimmonensis Panouse, Levy and Shukov, 1967: 515-520, figs 1-15.
Type locality: Machtesh Rimmon, Israel. Distribution: Israel.
Othoes saharae Panouse
Othoes saharae Panouse, 1960a: 15-16, figs 1-3; Panouse, 1960b: 176-183, figs 1-9; Panouse, 1961a: 258-262; Panouse, 1961b: 121-129; Panouse, 1964: 65-73, figs Id, 12, 13a-b, 14, 15ad, 16, 17a-b, 18a-b; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 119; Kaestner, 1968: 221; Legendre, 1968: 40; Deyle, 1969: 51-54, fig. 1; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1977: 67; Punzo, 1998g: figs 2-9, 2-10, 2-13,2-15,4-2,6-9.
Type locality: Beni-Abbes, Bechar, Algeria.
Distribution: Algeria, Mauritania.
Othoes vittatus Hirst
Othoes vittatus Hirst, 1912: 231-232; Roewer, 1934: 536; Levy and Shulov, 1964: 110, fig. 12; Panous~
1964: 54-57, figs
1-3a.
Type locality: unknown.
Distribution: Israel. |
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