Biology:Cyphophthalmus

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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Cyphophthalmus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder: Boreophthalmi
Family: Sironidae
Genus: Cyphophthalmus
Joseph, 1869
Type species
Cyphophthalmus duricorius
Joseph, 1869
Species

See text

Diversity
32 species
Synonyms

Cyphophthalmus is a genus of harvestmen belonging to the family Sironidae.[1][2] It is found in Europe notably with several species in the Balkans and Turkey.[1][3][4]

Description

The genus Cyphophthalmus was described by Joseph, 1869, with the type species Cyphophthalmus duricorius Joseph, 1869.

Species

These species belong to the genus Cyphophthalmus: See under Sironidae or list

Note, above includes former:

  • Tranteeva paradoxa Kratochvil, 1958, revised as Cyphophthalmus paradoxus (Kratochvil, 1958) in Karaman 2009: 262.

Etymology

The genus is feminine.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3008833 entry