Redescription of Scleropilio insolens from southern Siberia with comments on the genus Scleropilio (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae)

Abstract

Scleropilio insolens (Simon 1895) is redescribed based on the materials collected from southern Siberia, Russia. A total of six species are synonymized with Scleropilio insolens: four species of Scleropilio, S. coriaceus Roewer 1911, S. tibialis (Roewer 1956), S. diadema (Gricenko 1975), S. elenae (Gricenko 1975), Opilio armatus Roewer 1911, and Udezatus spinous Nakatsudi 1943. Ovipositor and seminal receptacle of the species are illustrated and described for the first time.