Synthetonychiidae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Laniatores
superfamilia = Triaenonychioidea
familia = Synthetonychiidae
familia_authority = Forster, 1954
genus = "Synthetonychia"
genus_authority = Forster, 1954
diversity_link = Synthetonychiidae
diversity = 1 genus, c. 14 species
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The Synthetonychiidae are a small family of harvestman with a handful of species in a single genus. They are endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Species in this family are between one and two millimeters long, with legs up to almost six mm.aut|Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Synthetonychiidae Forster, 1954. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 239ff]

Distribution

All described species occur only on New Zealand.

Relationships

Synthetonychiidae seem to be closely related to the Triaenonychidae from the Australian region.

Name

The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek "synthetos" "compounded" and "onychion", the diminutive of "onyx" "claw".

pecies

* "Synthetonychia oliveae" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia acuta" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia cornua" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia fiordensis" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia glacialis" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia florae" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia hughsoni" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia minuta" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia obtusa" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia oparara" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia proxima" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia ramosa" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia sinuosa" Forster, 1954
* "Synthetonychia wairarapae" Forster, 1954

Footnotes

References

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