Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Dicranolasma Sørensen, 1873 (Opiliones: Dicranolasmatidae) from Türkiye Author Kurt, Kemal 0000-0001-7881-001X Gümüşhane Vocational School of Health Services, Gümüşhane University, TR- 29000 Gümüşhane, Türkiye kemalkurtmyo@gmail.com Author Kurt, Pinar 0000-0002-0202-9320 Gümüşhane Vocational School of Health Services, Gümüşhane University, TR- 29000 Gümüşhane, Türkiye pinarkurt29@gmail.com Author Yağmur, Ersen Aydin 0000-0002-0396-3975 Alaşehir Vocational High School, Celal Bayar University, TR- 45600 Alaşehir, Manisa, Türkiye ersen.yagmur@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-09-08 5691 1 93 102 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.4 journal article 312670 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.4 19e21084-c399-41cf-95f4-afffab47b6c5 1175-5326 17320142 BBAEC54A-C2B8-47BB-80B2-0D2FF37022E5

TABLE 2. Uncorrected genetic distances (p-distance) between similar Dicranolasma species based on partial 28S rRNA sequences.

Taxon name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Dicranolasma scabrum
Dicranolasma cretaeum	0.013
Dicranolasma sp.	0.014	0.013
Dicranolasma scabrum	0.010	0.019	0.020
Dicranolasma soerenseni	0.025	0.029	0.030	0.029
Dicranolasma soerenseni	0.025	0.029	0.030	0.029	0.000
Dicranolasma soerenseni	0.026	0.029	0.031	0.030	0.001	0.001
Dicranolasma mladeni	0.028	0.029	0.032	0.030	0.022	0.022	0.023
Platybessobius cf. singularis	0.060	0.065	0.063	0.066	0.059	0.059	0.060	0.059
Dicranolasma ridvansahini sp. nov.	0.010	0.014	0.016	0.017	0.023	0.023	0.024	0.027	0.062