Meterginus

Meterginus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with fifteen described species (as of early 2025).^[1][2] The species are from eastern Mexico & Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.^[1][3][4]

Meterginus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Superfamily:	Gonyleptoidea
Family:	Cosmetidae
Subfamily:	Metergininae
Genus:	Meterginus Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
Type species
Meterginus basalis Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
Diversity
15 spp. (see text)
Synonyms
None

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.^[5]

Species

These species belong to the genus Meterginus:

• Meterginus affinis Roewer, 1963 – Colombia
• Meterginus albonotatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) – Mexico (Chiapas)
• Meterginus apicalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
• Meterginus basalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala, later Mexico
• Meterginus dorsalis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
• Meterginus flavicinctus (Gervais, 1842) – Colombia
• Meterginus inermipes Roewer, 1947 – Costa Rica
• Meterginus latesulfureus (Simon, 1879) – Brazil
• Meterginus marginellus (Simon, 1879) – Colombia
• Meterginus obscurus (Sørensen, 1932) – Colombia
• Meterginus prosopis Roewer, 1912 – Ecuador
• Meterginus simonis (With, 1932) – Colombia
• Meterginus tibialis (Pickard-Cambridge, 1905) – Guatemala
• Meterginus togatus (Sørensen, 1932) – Colombia
• Meterginus zilchi Roewer, 1954 – El Salvador

Else, for former Meterginus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912), see Rhaucus marmoratus (Roewer, 1912) For former Meterginus serratus Roewer, 1912 see Rhaucus serratus (Roewer, 1912)

Etymology

The genus is masculine.