taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 3	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male: USA: California: Inyo County, Death Valley National Park, Titus Canyon Cave, 36 ° 50 ’ 58.16 ” N, 117 ° 3 ’ 43.85 ” W [ca 1230 m], G. O. Graening leg. 20.1.2012 (CASENT 9081592).	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honor of Jochen Martens, in recognition to his life-long and outstanding contribution to Opiliones taxonomy; name in the genitive case.	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male of Texella martensi n. sp. differs from those of other species in the kokoweef species group in having relatively longer appendages and the shortest spur on trochanter IV.	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	description	Description. Male (holotype). Total body length 1.50. Dorsal scute length 1.10, width 1.10. Eyemound length 0.24, width 0.25. Genital operculum length 0.25, width 0.22. Postopercular process absent. Leg II length 4.40, leg II / scute length 4.0. Trochanter IV segment length 0.22, spur length 0.14. Color: body light orange-colored, lacking dark markings; appendages whitish, basal segments slightly darker. Body with uniform covering of small tubercles, with larger ones scattered on eyemound, dorsally and laterally on scute, and largest ones on posterior margins of tergites (Fig. 1 B). Dorsal scute with 5 pairs of anterior tubercles in two rows, one pair slightly larger than others (Fig. 1 D). Eyemound a rounded cone, eyes with well-developed retina and cornea (Fig. 1 D). Genitalia not examined, but prongs of ventral plate of penis visible and slightly protruding from genital operculum (Fig. 1 C). Palpal megaspines: trochanter without; femur with 3 ventrobasal and 1 mesodistal; patella with 1 ectal and 2 mesal; tibia with 2 ectal and 3 mesal; tarsus with 2 ectal and 2 mesal (Fig. 1 D). Trochanter IV with slender spur, shorter than trochanter. Tarsal count: 3 - 5 - 4 - 5. Female not known. Note. It was not possible to expand the penis without damaging the single available specimen.	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
03B20674FF94FFBFFF69FE6FFC3DF823.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from Titus Canyon Cave in California.	en	Ubick, Darrell (2021): A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 114-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.11
