Dicranopalpus

Dicranopalpus
Dicranopalpus
D. ramosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Subfamily: Gyantinae
Genus: Dicranopalpus
Doleschall, 1852
Type species
Dicranopalpus gasteinensis
Doleschall, 1852
Diversity
12 species
Synonyms
  • Dichranochirus
  • Egaenasser
  • Fagea
  • Liodes
  • Prosalpia

Dicranopalpus is a genus of harvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from Baltic amber, but only D. ramiger is currently considered valid.

Name

The species name refers to the peculiar form of the palps in at least the first described species, D. gasteinensis (and D. ramosus), derived from di "two", cranium "head", and palpus.

Species

  • Dicranopalpus angolensis (Lawrence, 1951)
  • Dicranopalpus bolivari (Dresco, 1949) (Venezuela)
  • Dicranopalpus brevipes I. Marcellino, 1974
  • Dicranopalpus cantabricus Dresco, 1953
  • Dicranopalpus dispar M. Rambla, 1967
  • Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschal, 1852 (Alps)
  • Dicranopalpus insignipalpis (Simon, 1879) (Corsica)
  • Dicranopalpus larvatus (Canestrini, 1874) (Italy)
  • Dicranopalpus martini (Simon, 1878) (Portugal)
  • Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus Dresco, 1948 (France)
  • Dicranopalpus pulchellus Rambla, 1960
  • † Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and Bitterfeld amber fossil)
  • Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909)

Further reading

  • Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52(4): 601-604.


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