Sironidae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Cyphophthalmi
superfamilia = Sironoidea
familia = Sironidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1879
diversity_link = Sironidae
diversity = 8 genera, > 30 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
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synonyms =Sironides

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is "Suzukielus sauteri" from Japan.aut|Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha "et al." 2007: 102f]

Name

"Siro" is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".

pecies

* "Cyphophthalmus" (mostly Balkan):* "Cyphophtalmus duricorius" Joseph, 1868 (Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy)::* "Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus" (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)::* "Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei" (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)::* "Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus" Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)::* "Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis" (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova):* "Cyphophtalmus eratoae" Juberthie, 1968 (Greece):* "Cyphophthalmus ere" Karaman, 2007 (Serbia):* "Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici" (Hadzi, 1933) (Republic of Macedonia):* "Cyphophthalmus klisurae" (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia):* "Cyphophthalmus markoi" Karaman, 2007 (Republic of Macedonia):* "Cyphophthalmus minutus" Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave):* "Cyphophthalmus montenegrinus" Hadzi, 1973 (Montenegro):* "Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus" Kratochvíl, 1940 (Croatia: cave Vranjaca):* "Cyphophthalmus nonveilleri" Karaman, 2007 (Serbia, cave):* "Cyphophthalmus ohridanus" Hadzi, 1973 (Republic of Macedonia, cave):* "Cyphophthalmus serbicus" Hadzi, 1973 (karstic region of east and central Serbia):* "Cyphophthalmus silhavyi" Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave):* "Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi" Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)

* "Iberosiro" (Portugal, cave):* "Iberosiro distylos" de Bivort, 2004

* "Odontosiro" Juberthie, 1961 (Portugal, Spain):* "Odontosiro lusitanicus" Juberthie, 1961

* "Paramiopsalis" Juberthie, 1962 (Portugal, Spain):* "Paramiopsalis ramulosus" Juberthie, 1962

* "Parasiro" Hansen & Sørensen, 1904:* "Parasiro coiffaiti" Juberthie, 1956 (Spain, France):* "Parasiro corsicus" (Simon, 1872) (Corsica):* "Parasiro minor" Juberthie, 1958 (Italy, Corsica)

* "Siro" Latreille, 1796 (western Europe, North America):* "Siro acaroides" (Ewing, 1923) (US west coast: Washington, Oregon, California):* "Siro beschkovi" Mitov, 1994 (Bulgaria):* "Siro boyerae" Giribet & Shear (not yet published) [Cyphophthalmi checklist] (Washington, Oregon):* "Siro calaveras" Giribet & Shear (not yet published) (California):* "Siro carpaticus" Rafalski, 1956 (Poland, Slovakia):* "Siro crassus" Novak & Giribet, 2006 (Slovenia) [aut|Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. "Zootaxa" 1330: 27-42. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01330p042.pdf PDF] ] :* "Siro exilis" Hoffman, 1963 (US east coast: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland):* "Siro kamiakensis" (Newell, 1943) (Washington, Idaho):* † "Siro platypedibus" Dunlop & Giribet, 2004 (fossil, Tertiary amber from Bitterfeld, Germany):* "Siro rubens" Latreille, 1804 (France):* "Siro shasta" Giribet & Shear (not yet published) (California):* "Siro sonoma" Shear, 1980 (Northern California):* "Siro valleorum" Chemini, 1990 (Italy)

* "Suzukielus" Juberthie, 1970 (Japan):* "Suzukielus sauteri" (Roewer, 1916)

* "Tranteeva" (Bulgaria):* "Tranteeva paradoxa" Kratochvíl, 1958

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

* "Marwe" Shear, 1985 (Kenya):* "Marwe coarctata" Shear, 1985

Footnotes

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Sironidae.txt Sironidae]
* [http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Invertebrate/Cyphophthalmi/species.cfm Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World]
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. "Harvard University Press" ISBN 0-674-02343-9

Further reading

* (2005): The genus "Cyphophthalmus" (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 36(3): 554-567. doi|doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004