. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. HUBFR, RIA ISHW AND CI AHIS l'lc; ANAI A'SIS Ol' /V/0/CY/,V AND CLOSI",! Y Rl'.l7\ riü) TAXA (ARANl^AI'., I'l lOICIDAl') being nested within Old World Lcptoplu)lciis)\ the third appears to be strong (char. 40; procursus with ventral hinged process; apparently independently derived in the New World genus Metagonia). hi the analyses using successive (Fig. 27, right cladogram) and implied character weighting, the absence of the appendix (char. 53) is also considered a synapomor- phy of Micromerjs. A further potential synapomor- ph)' (absence of tar
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. HUBFR, RIA ISHW AND CI AHIS l'lc; ANAI A'SIS Ol' /V/0/CY/,V AND CLOSI",! Y Rl'.l7\ riü) TAXA (ARANl^AI'., I'l lOICIDAl') being nested within Old World Lcptoplu)lciis)\ the third appears to be strong (char. 40; procursus with ventral hinged process; apparently independently derived in the New World genus Metagonia). hi the analyses using successive (Fig. 27, right cladogram) and implied character weighting, the absence of the appendix (char. 53) is also considered a synapomor- phy of Micromerjs. A further potential synapomor- ph)' (absence of tarsal pseudosegmentation, see Hu- ber 2001) requires a detailed analysis of tarsus ultra- structure in Micromerys and Leptopholcus. Several other derived characters are shared with some but not all Leptopholcus (see Generic relationships below). Generic relationships. Micromerys is clearly closely related to Old World ('true') Leptopholcus (see Lepto- pholcus, above). The cladistic analysis using equally weighted characters interprets the absence of the ap- pendix (char. 53) as a synapomorphy uniting Mi- cromerys with L. tanikawai and podophthalmus. A partly sclerotized embolus and ALS with only two spigots may also point in this direction. The analyses using successive and implied character weighting resolve Micromerys and Old World Leptopholcus as sister taxa. A relatively long tibia 4 (relative to tibia 2) may be a further character to suggest a close rela- tionship with Leptopholcus. Beyond that, the relation- ships of Micromerys with other genera in the Pholcus group of genera remain unsolved. Specific relationships. Australian representatives (see Hu- ber 2001) are united by a large, flat, and partly sclero- tized embolus (char 47). Further potential synapomor- phies are: (1) uncus small and triangular; (2) transparent process arising from procursus 'knee' with fringes. Natural history All species seem to be adapted to cryptic leaf-dwelling, but apart from some casual ob-
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