Biantes parvulus (Hirst, 1911)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hinzuanius parvulus Hirst, 1911 (basionym)
Conservation Status
Missing (Gerlach, 2014)
Last record: 1908 (Praslin); 1972 (Mahé); 1972 (Silhouette) (all Gerlach, 2014)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mahé, Praslin & Silhouette islands, Seychelles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hirst, S. (1911). The Areneæ, Opiliones and Pseudoscorpiones. Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 14: 379-395.
Other references:
Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Biantes parvulus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196756A21513969. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196756A21513969.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2015.
Gerlach, Justin and Marusik, Yuri. (2010). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press.
Gerlach, Justin, Matyot, P. and Saaristo, M. (1997). Silhouette species list. Phelsuma 5(supplement A): 1-42 [15].
Rambla, M. (1984 "1983"). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Sechelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J van Mol 1972). Opiliones (Arachnida). Annalen Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika Tervuren 242: 1‑86. [volume 242 appears to have been published in 1984, despite both 1983 and 1984 appearing on the title page (source)]
Staręga, Wojciech. (1989). Harvestmen (Opiliones) from the Mascarene Islands and resurrection of the family Zalmoxidae. Ann. Natal Mus. 30: 1-8.
Staręga, Wojciech. (1992). An annotated check-list of Afrotropical harvestmen, excluding the Phalangiidae (Opiliones). Ann. Natal Mus. 33(2): 271-336.
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