Troglosironidae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Cyphophthalmi
superfamilia = Sironoidea
familia = Troglosironidae
familia_authority = Shear, 1993
diversity_link = Troglosironidae
diversity = 1 genus, 13 species
genus = "Troglosiro"
genus_authority = Juberthie, 1979
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The Troglosironidae are a family of harvestmen with thirteen described species in a single genus, "Troglosiro". Several species, including six undescribed ones, were collected around the island, and more are expected to be found.Sharma & Giribet, 2005]

Molecular data suggests that the Troglosironidae are related to Neogoveidae or Sironidae, but not to Pettalidae, as was proposed earlier.

"Troglosiro" is endemic to New Caledonia. They are eyeless, small harvestman, 2.5 mm long at the most.aut|Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Troglosironidae Shear, 1993. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 107f] Despite their name, they do not live exclusively in caves; several species have been found in forest litterShear 1993] .

Name

The name of the genus giving the family its name is a combination of Ancient Greek "troglos" "cave", and the harvestman genus "Siro".

pecies

* "Troglosiro aelleni" Juberthie, 1979 (caves, possibly only Grotte d'Adio)
* "Troglosiro juberthiei" Shear, 1993 (montane forest litter)
* "Troglosiro longifossa" Sharma & Giribet, 2005
* "Troglosiro ninqua" Shear, 1993 (humid forest)
* "Troglosiro platnicki" Shear, 1993 (humid forest)
* "Troglosiro raveni" Shear, 1993 (dry forest litter)
* "Troglosiro tillierorum" Shear, 1993 (humid forest)

Six species are already named, but not yet published: [Cyphophthalmi checklist]
* "Troglosiro brevifossa" Sharma & Giribet
* "Troglosiro monteithi" Sharma & Giribet
* "Troglosiro oscitatio" Sharma & Giribet
* "Troglosiro sheari" Sharma & Giribet
* "Troglosiro urbanus" Sharma & Giribet
* "Troglosiro wilsoni" Sharma & Giribet

Footnotes

References

*'s Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Troglosironidae.txt Troglosironidae]
* [http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Invertebrate/Cyphophthalmi/species.cfm Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World]
* (1993): The genus "Troglosiro" and the new family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). "Journal of Arachnology" 21: 81-90. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v21_n2/JoA_v21_p81.pdf PDF]
* (2005): A new "troglosiro" species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) from New Caledonia. "Zootaxa" 1053: 47-60. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01053p060.pdf PDF]
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. "Harvard University Press" ISBN 0-674-02343-9