- Escadabiidae
Taxobox
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regnum =Animal ia
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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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text for list.Escadabiidae is a small
neotropical family of theharvestman infraorderGrassatores 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 ofCeará State and caves in the dry central part ofMinas 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, andAncient Greek "bios" "living".pecies
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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, 1978Footnotes
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
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