Pachylinae

Taxobox
name = Pachylinae

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image_caption = "Lacronia ceci" Kury & Orrico, 2006, from Brazil.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
familia = Gonyleptidae
subfamilia = Pachylinae
subfamilia_authority = Sørensen, 1884
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision = See text for list.

Pachylinae Sørensen, 1884 is the most diverse subfamily of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae, including around 400 valid species (Kury, 2003). Major groups of species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Bolivian/Peruvian Highlands, Argentina and Chilean Temperate Forest.

Important genera

Currently, 128 genera are recognized. Notable ones include:

* "Discocyrtus" Holmberg, 1878
* "Eusarcus" Perty, 1833
* "Giupponia" Pérez & Kury, 2002
* "Graphinotus" C.L. Koch, 1839
* "Lacronia" Strand, 1942
* "Pachyloides" Holmberg, 1878
* "Pachylus" C.L. Koch, 1839
* "Sadocus" Sørensen, 1886
* "Triglochinura" Mello-Leitão, 1924

References

*. (2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). "Revista Ibérica de Aracnología", vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.