- Nemastomoididae
Taxobox
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status = fossil
fossil_range =Carboniferous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Opiliones
subordo =Dyspnoi
superfamilia =Nemastomatoidea
familia = Nemastomoididae
familia_authority = Petrunkevitch, 1955
genus = "Nemastomoides"
genus_authority = Thevenin, 1901
diversity_link = Nemastomoididae
diversity = 2 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.The Nemastomoididae are a family of
fossil harvestmen with three described species from theCarboniferous . "Nemastomoides elaveris" was found in the Coal Measures ofCommentry in northernFrance , together with "Eotrogulus fayoli ".Alexander Petrunkevitch described two fossil harvestmen fromMazon Creek ,Illinois ,USA , in 1913 in the genus "Protopilio", but later synomymized the two with the genus "Nemastomoides".While "N. longipes" is a harvestman with long legs and a segmented oval body, "N. depressus" is in reality not a harvestman, but a poorly preserved phalangiotarbid.aut|Dunlop, Jason A. (2007): Paleontology. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 255]
While the Nemastomoididae are currently included in the harvestman suborder
Dyspnoi , they look more likeEupnoi .pecies
* "
Nemastomoides elaveris " Thevenin, 1901
* "Nemastomoides longipes " (Petrunkevitch, 1913)Not a harvestman, but a phalangiotarbid:
* "Nemastomoides depressus " (Petrunkevitch, 1913)Footnotes
References
* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Nemastomoididae.txt Nemastomoididae]
* (1901): Sur la découverte d'arachnides dans le terrain houiller de Commentry. "Bull Soc Géol. Fr." 4(1): 605-611.
* (1955): Arachnida. pp. 42-162 in "Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology", part P. "Arthropoda 2" (R.C. Moore, ed.). Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. "Harvard University Press" ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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