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Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
Dicranopalpus Temporal range:
Palaeogene–present
D. ramosus
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Dicranopalpus
Type species
Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschall, 1852
Diversity
13 species
Synonyms
Dichranochirus
Egaenasser
Fagea
Liodes
Prosalpia
Dicranopalpus is a genus of
harvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from
Baltic amber , but only D. ramiger is currently considered valid.
Name
The genus name refers to the peculiar form of the
palps in at least the first described species, D. gasteinensis (and D. ramosus ), derived from di "two", cranium "head", and palpus .
Species
Dicranopalpus angolensis (Lawrence, 1951)
Dicranopalpus bolivari (Dresco, 1949) (
Venezuela )
Dicranopalpus brevipes (I. Marcellino, 1974)
Dicranopalpus caudatus (Dresco, 1948)
Dicranopalpus cantabricus (Dresco, 1953)
Dicranopalpus dispar (M. Rambla, 1967)
Dicranopalpus fraternus (Szalay, 1950)
Dicranopalpus gasteinensis (Doleschal, 1852) (
Alps )
Dicranopalpus insignipalpis (Simon, 1879) (
Corsica )
Dicranopalpus larvatus (Canestrini, 1874) (
Italy )
Dicranopalpus martini (Simon, 1878) (
Portugal )
Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus (Dresco, 1948) (
France )
Dicranopalpus pulchellus (Rambla, 1960)
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Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and
Bitterfeld amber fossil)
Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909) (
Western Europe )
Further reading
Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52 (4): 601-604.