Escadabiidae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Laniatores
infraordo = Grassatores
superfamilia = Samooidea
familia = Escadabiidae
familia_authority = Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003
diversity_link = Escadabiidae
diversity = 4 genera, 6 species
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Escadabiidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with six described species.aut|Kury, Adriano B. & Pérez Gonzales, Abel (2007): Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 191ff]

Description

Escadabiidae are about three millimeters long, with short legs and weak chelicerae.

Distribution

All known members of this group are endemic to Brazil. The as yet undescribed species in this family expand the range to the coast of Ceará State and caves in the dry central part of Minas Gerais, where the cave-dwelling species could represent an example of relictual distribution.

Relationships

Escadabiidae are possibly the sister group to Kimulidae.

Name

The name of the type genus "Escadabius" is combined from the type locality Escada (Pernambuco, Brazil, and Ancient Greek "bios" "living".

pecies

* "Baculigerus" H. E. M. Soares, 1979:* "Baculigerus litoris" H. E. M. Soares, 1979

* "Escadabius" Roewer, 1949:* "Escadabius schubarti" Roewer, 1949:* "Escadabius spinicoxa" Roewer, 1949:* "Escadabius ventricalcaratus" Roewer, 1949

* "Jim" H. E. M. Soares, 1979:* "Jim benignus" H. E. M. Soares, 1979

* "Recifesius" H. E. M. Soares, 1978:* "Recifesius pernambucanus" H. E. M. Soares, 1978

Footnotes

References

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