Phalangiidae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Megabunus diadema"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Eupnoi
superfamilia = Phalangioidea
familia = Phalangiidae
familia_authority = Latreille, 1802
diversity_link = Phalangiidae
diversity = 5 subfamilies, ca. 50 genera
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Dicranopalpus"
"Megabunus"
"Mitopus"
"Oligolophus"
"Opilio"
"Paroligolophus"
"Phalangium"
"Rilaena"
:"others, see list"

The Phalangiidae are a family of harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is "Phalangium opilio". "Dicranopalpus ramosus" is an invasive species in Europe.

It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder Laniatores.

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from Ancient Greek "phalangion" "harvestman".aut|Tsurusaki, Nobuo (2007): Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 123ff]

ystematics

* Dicranopalpinae:* "Amilenus" Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe):* "Dicranopalpus" Doleschall, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America):* "Lanthanopilio" Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984 (1 species)
* Oligolophinae Banks, 1893:* "Lacinius" Thorell, 1876 (17 species; China, Europe, North America):* "Mitopiella" Banks, 1930 (1 species; Borneo):* "Mitopus" Thorell, 1876 (9 species; Eurasia, North America):* "Odiellus" Roewer, 1923 (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America):* "Oligolophus" C. L. Koch, 1871 (4 species; Europe, China):* "Paralacinius" Morin, 1934 (1 species):* "Paroligolophus" Lohmander, 1945 (1 species; central Europe):* "Roeweritta" Silhavý, 1965 (1 species)

* Opilioninae C.L. Koch, 1839:* "Egaenus" C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839 (14 species; Eurasia):* "Himalphalangium" Martens, 1973 (5 species):* "Homolophus" Banks, 1893 (25 species; central Asia, North America):* "Opilio" Herbst, 1798 (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America):* "Scleropilio" Roewer, 1911 (1 species; central Asia)

* Phalangiinae Latreille, 1802:* "Acanthomegabunus" Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000 (1 species; Siberia):* "Bactrophalangium" Silhavý, 1966 (2 species):* "Bunochelis" Roewer, 1923 (2 species; Canary Islands):* "Coptophalangium" Starega, 1984 (1 species):* "Cristina" Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa):* "Dacnopilio" Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa):* "Dasylobus" Simon, 1878 (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa):* "Graecophalangium" Roewer, 1923 (5 species; Greece, Macedonia):* "Guruia" Loman, 1902 (5 species; Africa):* "Hindreus" Kauri, 1985 (3 species; Africa):* "Leptobunus" Banks, 1893 (5 species; North America):* "Liopilio" Schenkel, 1951 (2 species; Alaska):* "Liropilio" Gritsenko, 1979 (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan):* "Megistobunus" Hansen, 1921 (3 species):* "Metadasylobus" Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain):* "Metaphalangium" Roewer, 1911 (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands):* "Odontobunus" Roewer, 1910 (9 species; Africa):* "Parascleropilio" Rambla, 1975 (1 species):* "Phalangium" Linnaeus, 1758 (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba):* "Ramblinus" Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira):* "Rhampsinitus" Simon, 1879 (47 species; Africa):* "Rilaena" Silhavý, 1965 (8 species; Europe):* "Tchapinius" Roewer, 1929 (1 species; Kamchatka):* "Zachaeus" C.L. Koch, 1839 (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)

* Platybuninae Starega, 1976:* "Buresilia" Silhavý, 1965 (2 species):* "Lophopilio" Hadzi, 1931 (2 species):* "Megabunus" Meade, 1855 (6 species; Europe):* "Metaplatybunus" Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Greece):* "Paraplatybunus" Dumitrescu, 1970 (2 species):* "Platybunoides" Silhavý, 1956 (1 species):* "Platybunus" C.L. Koch, 1839 (22 species; Europe, Sumatra):* "Rafalskia" Starega, 1963 (1 species; Asia minor):* "Stankiella" Hadzi, 1973 (2 species)

Footnotes

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Phalangiidae.txt Phalangiidae]
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. "Harvard University Press" ISBN 0-674-02343-9