Tirrenosiro, Karaman & Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024

Karaman, Ivo M., Mitov, Plamen G. & Snegovaya, Nataly, 2024, Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 921 (1), pp. 173-209 : 181-182

Genus Tirrenosiro gen. nov.

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Type species

Parasiro minor Juberthie, 1958 .

Included species

Tirrenosiro minor ( Juberthie, 1958) gen. et comb. nov. and T. axeli gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Distinguished by ovipositor setation and spermatopositor structure. Ovipositor terminal lobi short, as wide as two-thirds of their length; terminally with a long terminal and a short subterminal (dorsal) medio-distal setae, two long and two short laterodistal setae. Spermatopositor with wide conical digiti mobiles laterales and short simple digiti mobiles mediales. Integument wrinkled, with three-edged and four-edged protrusions bearing small oval first rank granules.

Etymology

The genus prefiX is derived from the Italian name of the Tyrrhenian Sea, as almost all known species of this genus live on the lands surrounding it. The suffiX is the name of the first described genus of Cypophthalmi, Siro . Gender masculine.