Parabalta Roewer, 1913

Acosta, Luis E., 2025, Deciphering a Chilean harvestmen enigma: what is Parabalta bicornis (Gervais, 1849) comb. nov. (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Pachylinae), Zootaxa 5563 (1), pp. 193-208 : 200

Parabalta Roewer, 1913

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Gonyleptes : Butler 1874: 151 (in part).

Parabalta Roewer 1913: 12 , 65; Acosta 1996b: 6.

Type species. Gonyleptes reedii Butler, 1874 , by monotypy.

Included species. Parabalta reedii ( Butler, 1874) , Parabalta cristobalia ( Roewer, 1943) , Parabalta bicornis ( Gervais, 1849) comb. nov.

Distribution. South America: Central Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Metropolitan Regions, between 31°30’S and 33°25’S: Acosta 1996b and Fig. 3 ); also found in Juan Fernández archipelago (likely introduced: Pérez-González et al. 2022). Most continental localities lie below 1000 m a.s.l. ( Fig. 3 ). Aside, the known range partially overlaps with that of the ‘ Pachylus chilensis species group’ (cf. Acosta 2021), whereas records of Parabalta reach more northerly.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Records of Parabalta bicornis (Gervais, 1849) comb. nov. (red dots), along with other localities studied of genus Parabalta in central Chile (blue dots). Administrative Regions (thick solid boundaries) are labeled on the right. Only relevant provinces are given flags: Choapa, Petorca, Quillota (QUILL.), Los Andes, Santiago (SANT.). Color gradient: elevation below (light brown) and above (darker brown) 1000 m a.s.l. Gray: major urban areas. Inset: location of the represented area in Chile.