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Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
The Phalangiidae are a family of
harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is
Phalangium opilio.
Dicranopalpus ramosus is an
invasive species in
Europe.
It is not to be confused with the harvestman family
Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder
Laniatores.
Name
The name of the type genus is derived from
Ancient Greek phalangion "harvestman".
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Systematics
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Lacinius
Thorell, 1876 (17 species; China, Europe, North America)
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Mitopiella Banks, 1930 (1 species; Borneo)
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Mitopus Thorell, 1876 (9 species; Eurasia, North America)
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Odiellus
Roewer, 1923 (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America)
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Oligolophus
C. L. Koch, 1871 (4 species; Europe, China)
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Paralacinius Morin, 1934 (1 species)
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Paroligolophus Lohmander, 1945 (2 species; continental Europe and Britain)
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Roeweritta Silhavý, 1965 (1 species)
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Egaenus C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839 (14 species; Eurasia)
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Himalphalangium Martens, 1973 (5 species)
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Homolophus Banks, 1893 (25 species; central Asia, North America)
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Opilio
Herbst, 1798 (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America)
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Scleropilio Roewer, 1911 (1 species; central Asia)
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Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000 (1 species; Siberia)
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Bactrophalangium Silhavý, 1966 (2 species)
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Bunochelis Roewer, 1923 (2 species; Canary Islands)
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Coptophalangium Starega, 1984 (1 species)
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Cristina Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa)
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Dacnopilio Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa)
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Dasylobus
Simon, 1878 (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa)
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Graecophalangium Roewer, 1923 (5 species; Greece, Macedonia)
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Guruia Loman, 1902 (5 species; Africa)
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Hindreus Kauri, 1985 (3 species; Africa)
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Leptobunus Banks, 1893 (5 species; North America)
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Liopilio Schenkel, 1951 (2 species; Alaska)
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Liropilio Gritsenko, 1979 (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan)
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Megistobunus Hansen, 1921 (3 species)
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Metadasylobus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain)
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Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands)
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Odontobunus Roewer, 1910 (9 species; Africa)
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Parascleropilio Rambla, 1975 (1 species)
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Phalangium
Linnaeus,
1758 (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba)
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Ramblinus Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira)
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Rhampsinitus Simon, 1879 (47 species; Africa)
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Rilaena Silhavý, 1965 (8 species; Europe)
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Tchapinius Roewer, 1929 (1 species; Kamchatka)
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Zachaeus C.L. Koch, 1839 (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)
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Buresilia Silhavý, 1965 (3 species)
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Lophopilio Hadzi, 1931 (2 species)
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Megabunus Meade, 1855 (6 species; Europe)
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Metaplatybunus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Greece)
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Paraplatybunus Dumitrescu, 1970 (2 species)
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Platybunoides Silhavý, 1956 (1 species)
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Platybunus C.L. Koch, 1839 (22 species; Europe, Sumatra)
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Rafalskia Starega, 1963 (1 species; Asia minor)
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Stankiella Hadzi, 1973 (2 species)
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog:
Phalangiidae
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press
ISBN
0-674-02343-9