Meterginus
Sign in to saveMeterginus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Cosmetidae
- Collections
- MNRJ, UNM
- Recorded in
- Equador, Nicaragua, ColôMbia
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- Parent taxon
- Cosmetidae
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- Meterginus
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Meterginus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
==Description== The genus Meterginus was described by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 with the type species Meterginus basalis Pickard-Cambridge, 1905. The genus was later included in the subfamily Metergininae.
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