Biology:Siro (harvestman)

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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Siro
Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae, Siro (2404167613).jpg
A Sironidae from the USA once considered as Siro
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Sironidae
Genus: Siro
Latreille, 1795
Type species
Siro rubens
Latreille, 1802
Species

See text

Diversity
7 species (inc. 1 extinct)

Siro is a genus of mite harvestmen in the family Sironidae with 7 described species (6 extant, 1 extinct).[1][2] All are found in Europe.[1][3][4]

Description

The genus Siro was described by Latreille, 1795 with the type species Siro rubens Latreille, 1802 only later designated (by subsequent monotypy).[5]

Species

These 7 species (including one extinct species) belong to the genus Siro: (after Giribet & Shear, 2010)[5]

  • Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 – Poland , Slovakia
  • Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 – Slovenia
  • Siro franzi Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022 – Austria
  • Siro ozimeci Karaman, 2022 – Croatia
  • Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 – France
  • Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990 – Italy
  • [Also see † Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany )]


Many species once placed in Siro have since transferred to other genera, including:
To Arhesiro:

To Holosiro:

To Neosiro:

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 ☰ Q2156657 entry