Globipedidae
Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
| Globipedidae | |
|---|---|
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| Dalquestia rugosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Eupnoi |
| Superfamily: | Phalangioidea |
| Family: | Globipedidae Kury & Cokendolpher, 2020 |
| Genera[1] | |
| See text | |
The harvestman family Globipedidae is a small lineage comprising 6 genera and some 33 species.[1][2] They occur in various parts of North America and Central America.[3][4] They were formerly included as a subfamily of Sclerosomatidae.[5]
Genera
- Dalquestia Cokendolpher, 1984 – USA, Mexico (6 species)
- Diguetinus Roewer, 1912 – Mexico (Jalisco) (1 species)
- Eurybunus Banks, 1893 – USA (Western States), (4 species)
- Globipes Banks, 1893 – USA, Mexico (3 species)
- Lanthanopilio Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984 – Costa Rica (1 species)
- Metopilio Roewer, 1911 – Mexico and Central America (18 species)
References
- ^ a b "Globipedidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Globipedidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Globipedidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Globipedidae". GBIF. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Kury, A.B. & J.C. Cokendolpher (2020). Chapter 9. A new family from the New World (Eupnoi: Phalangioidea). In: WCO-Lite: Online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0 — Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018 (Kury et al., Ed.): 52-54.
Further reading
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
Media related to Globipedidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Globipedidae at Wikispecies
