Biology:Globipedidae

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Short description: Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Globipedidae
Opiliones, Eupnoi, Metopilio Group, Dalquestia rugosa, female (4289238813).jpg
Dalquestia rugosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Globipedidae
Kury & Cokendolpher, 2020
Genera[1]

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The harvestman family Globipedidae is a small lineage comprising 6 genera and some 34 species from North America and Central America, formerly included as a subfamily within Sclerosomatidae.[2]

Genera

  • Dalquestia Cokendolpher, 1984 (5 species; North America: Mexico and United States)
  • Diguetinus Roewer, 1912 (1 species; Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Eurybunus Banks, 1893 (4 species; Western United States)
  • Globipes Banks, 1893 (4 species; North America)
  • Lanthanopilio Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984 (1 species; Costa Rica)
  • Metopilio Roewer, 1911 (19 species; Mexico and Central America)

References

  1. GBIF
  2. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q106616048 entry