Biantes parvulus (Hirst, 1911:393)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hinzuanius parvulus Hirst, 1911:393 (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 & Habitat
Mahé, Praslin & Silhouette islands, Seychelles
Type locality: Praslin (Hirst, 1911:393)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type specimens: two females, one male (Hirst, 1911:393)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hirst, Arthur Stanley. (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. (2) 14(3): 379-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00535.x
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. [October]
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