ARTÍCULO: Updating the Checklist of the Iberian opiliofauna: corrections, suppressions and additions Carlos E. Prieto Abstract: In order to remove spurious entries of the Iberian checklist, cited specimens of doubtful records ormaterial gathered by new sampling in original localities have been studied. Several kinds of spurious entries have been detected: exotic species (Amilenus aurantiacus, Anelasmocephalus crassipes, Anelasmocepha- lus lycosinus, Homalenotus graecus, Homalenotus oraniensis, Leiobunum bi- ARTÍCULO: seriatum, Nelima nigromaculata, Opilio parietinus, Paranemastoma quadric- Updating the Checklist of the punctatum, Paranemastoma sillii, Platybunus nigrovittatus, Trogulus aquaticus Iberian opiliofauna: corrections, and Trogulus tricarinatus), false type localities (Paranemastoma brevipalpatum suppressions and additions and Paranemastoma machadoi), synonyms (Eudasylobus rondaensis and Liobunum fuscifrons) and overlooked exclusions (Dasylobus argentatus, Carlos E. Prieto Homalenotus monoceros and Lacinius echinatus). Two revalidated taxa (Odiel- Dpto. de Zoología y Biología Celular lus ruentalis and Leiobunum defectivum) and three recently described species Animal, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecno- (Leiobunum argentipalpe, Leiobunum granulosum and Leiobunum levantinum) logía, Universidad del País Vasco- are the only additions, but a relation of several undescribed taxa is advanced EHU, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, as a schedule for next years. Moreover, new combinations for Scotolemon España. catalonicus, Ptychosoma espanoli and Ptychosoma balearicum have been ar-
[email protected] gued, and some minor mistakes (dates, localities, gender) corrected. Key words: Update, Checklist, Opiliones, Iberian Peninsula. Taxonomy: Liobunum fuscifrons Simon, 1879 syn. nov. (= Leiobunum blackwalli Meade, 1861). Scotolemon catalonicus (Kraus, 1961) comb. nov. for Ptycho- soma catalonicum . Ptychosoma espanoli (Rambla, 1975) comb. nov. for Scotolemon espanoli .Ptychosoma balearicum (Rambla, 1977) comb. nov. for Scotolemon balearicus. Odiellus ruentalis (Kraus, 1961) comb.