Biology:Escadabiidae

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Short description: Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Escadabiidae
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Escadabiidae

Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003
Species

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Diversity
4 genera, 6 species

Escadabiidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with six described species.[1]

Description

Escadabiidae are about three millimeters long, with short legs and weak chelicerae.[1]

Distribution

All known members of this group are endemic to Brazil . The as yet undescribed species in this family expand the range to the coast of Ceará State and caves in the dry central part of Minas Gerais, where the cave-dwelling species could represent an example of relictual distribution.[1]

Relationships

Escadabiidae are possibly the sister group to Kimulidae.[1]

Name

The name of the type genus Escadabius is combined from the type locality Escada (Pernambuco, Brazil) and Ancient Greek bios "living".[1]

Species

  • Baculigerus H. E. M. Soares, 1979
    • Baculigerus litoris H. E. M. Soares, 1979
  • Escadabius Roewer, 1949
    • Escadabius schubarti Roewer, 1949
    • Escadabius spinicoxa Roewer, 1949
    • Escadabius ventricalcaratus Roewer, 1949
  • Jim H. E. M. Soares, 1979
    • Jim benignus H. E. M. Soares, 1979
  • Recifesius H. E. M. Soares, 1978
    • Recifesius pernambucanus H. E. M. Soares, 1978

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kury, Adriano B. & Pérez Gonzales, Abel (2007): Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 191ff

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Escadabiidae
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN:0-674-02343-9

Wikidata ☰ Q3057640 entry