Triregia monstrosa

Triregia monstrosa is a species of harvestmen in the family Triaenonychidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand, found only on Manawatāwhi / [Three Kings Islands].

Description

In the original description, Forster described the body of species as below:
T. monstrosa can be differentiated from other members of Triregia due to a lack of spinous tubercles on the posterior margin of scute or Tergal Area 4.

Taxonomy

The species was described by Ray Forster in 1948, as the type species of the genus Triregia, which he described in the same paper. The holotype, collected on 6 May 1946 by Graham Turbott from Manawatāwhi / Great Island in Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

The species is endemic to Manawatāwhi / Three [Kings Islands] in New Zealand.