Suthepia, Martens, 2020

Martens, Jochen, 2020, A mysterious dwarf: Suthepiidae nov. fam., a new harvestman family from mountains of northern Thailand (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 381-391 : 382-383

Suthepia gen. nov.

Type species: Suthepia inermis sp. nov. by monotypy and designation.

Included species: Only the type species.

Diagnosis: As given for the family Suthepiidae : Pedipalps not forming a catching basket, completely devoid of any apophyses carrying spines in both sexes; pedipalpal tarsus in males compressed and deepened, with apical setae more or less as long and strong as tarsal claw. Male genital morphology highly complex, with a complicated set of sclerites and membranes, with an eversible prickly funnel and with a complex arrangement of single setae and small groups of setae. Body largely unarmed, no conspicuous apophyses, thorns, granules or setae present. Small species with a body length of less than 2 mm.

Name: The Latinized generic name refers to one of the localities of the type material, the Doi Suthep, a mountain in northern Thailand. The gender is female.

Distribution: Currently known from four mountains of northern Thailand