Paratamboicus was a genus of harvestmen in the family Sclerosomatidae from the Americas, described by Mello-Leitão 1940 with the type-species by original designation being Paratamboicus bicornutus Mello-Leitão, 1940. It was much later considered as Junior subjective synonym of Holcobunus Roewer 1910 by Tourinho & Kury (2001).
Species
In older online sources, several species have been listed in the genus, although for many the presented combination does not have any support in the published literature
- Paratamboicus albianus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1944)</small>
- Paratamboicus aureopunctata <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus bicornutus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small>
- Paratamboicus bogotensis <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus chilensis <small>(Piza, 1942)</small>
- Paratamboicus cinctus <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus citrinus <small>(Pocock, 1903)</small>
- Paratamboicus conspersus <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus dubius <small>(Ringuelet, 1960)</small>
- Paratamboicus formosa <small>(Ringuelet, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus geniculata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1938)</small>
- Paratamboicus granulata <small>(Roewer, 1912)</small>
- Paratamboicus iguassuensis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1935)</small>
- Paratamboicus insperata <small>(Soares, 1972)</small>
- Paratamboicus laevis <small>(Ringuelet, 1960)</small>
- Paratamboicus littoralis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1938)</small>
- Paratamboicus luteipalpis <small>(Roewer, 1910)</small>
- Paratamboicus marmorata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1935)</small>
- Paratamboicus marmoratus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1938)</small>
- Paratamboicus metallicus <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus mexicanus <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus misionicus <small>(Ringuelet, 1960)</small>
- Paratamboicus nigripalpis <small>(Roewer, 1910)</small>
- Paratamboicus riedeli <small>(Starega, 1970)</small>
- Paratamboicus segadasi <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1949)</small>
- Paratamboicus tenuis <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus tocantinus <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus trochanteralis <small>(Roewer, 1953)</small>
- Paratamboicus unicolor <small>(Loman, 1902)</small>
- Paratamboicus unifasciatus <small>(Roewer, 1910)</small>
For most of the above, see genera such as Holcobunus and Garleppa where the species were first described. Most have never been revised taxonomically since their description.
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