Giribetia gen. nov.

Fangensis (partim): Schwendinger & Giribet (2005): 299 –300.

Type species: Fangensis insulanus Schwendinger & Giribet, 2005 .

Other species included: None

Diagnosis: Fangensinae, with the following: eyes present but poorly developed, without a distinct lens; Rambla’s organ large and depressed; gonostome wide and regtangular; dorsal scutum flat, dorsal and ventral outlines parallel medially in lateral view (Fig. 6, B).

Etymology: This genus is named in honor of Professor Gonzalo Giribet of Harvard University. His extensive work on the molecular systematics and biogeography of Cyphophthalmi has raised a once obscure group of Opiliones to prominence.

Distribution: Ko Siray and Ko Phuket, two adjacent islands off the western coast of southern Thailand.