Opilione ID M. diadema?

[Gerel]

Hi all

Can anyone confirm that this is Megabunus diadema?



Cheers

Steve

ps. I know they're not spiders but this seems like the most appropriate place.

[Geoff F]

It certainly ticks all the boxes for me and with that distinctive ocular tubercle I can't think of any alternative.

There is, apparently, a version which has a shorter 4th spine which goes under the name of M. insignis but I'm not sure if that is still considered to be a seperate sub species.

Where to place opiliones was discussed at length some time ago. Personally I think that the best option is to consider them as 'honorary spiders' and include them here.

Hope this helps a bit.

Geoff.

[Action_Man]

Another good find Steve, certainly is M. diadema ...

[Gerel]

Thanks both,

It looked right, but I wanted to check that there weren't any others with "punk hairdo's" that I'd missed.

Cheers

Steve