A taxonomic revision of the family Oncopodidae V. Gnomulus from Vietnam and China, with the description of five new species (Opiliones, Laniatores)

Abstract

Five new Gnomulus species, G. bedoharvengorum (♂ ♀), G. saetosus (♂), G. dalat (♂ ♀), G. lemniscatus (♂ ♂) and G. annamiticus (♂ ♀), are described from Vietnam and placed in two species groups, one of them new. Additional specimens of G. spiniceps Schwendinger & Martens, 2002 from Vietnam and of G. sinensis Schwendinger & Martens, 2002 from China are reported and illustrated. Relationships and zoogeography are discussed.