• Source: Phalangiidae

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".




Systematics


Dicranopalpinae
Amilenus Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe)
Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America)
Oligolophinae Banks, 1893
Lacinius Thorell, 1876 (17 species; China, Europe, North America)
Mitopiella Banks, 1930 (1 species; Borneo)
Mitopus Thorell, 1876 (9 species; Eurasia, North America)
Odiellus Roewer, 1923 (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America)
Oligolophus C. L. Koch, 1871 (4 species; Europe, China)
Paralacinius Morin, 1934 (1 species)
Paroligolophus Lohmander, 1945 (2 species; continental Europe and Britain)
Roeweritta Silhavý, 1965 (1 species)
Opilioninae C.L. Koch, 1839
Egaenus C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839 (14 species; Eurasia)
Himalphalangium Martens, 1973 (5 species)
Homolophus Banks, 1893 (25 species; central Asia, North America)
Opilio Herbst, 1798 (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America)
Scleropilio Roewer, 1911 (1 species; central Asia)
Phalangiinae Latreille, 1802
Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000 (1 species; Siberia)
Bactrophalangium Silhavý, 1966 (2 species)
Bunochelis Roewer, 1923 (2 species; Canary Islands)
Coptophalangium Starega, 1984 (1 species)
Cristina Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa)
Dacnopilio Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa)
Dasylobus Simon, 1878 (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa)
Graecophalangium Roewer, 1923 (5 species; Greece, Macedonia)
Guruia Loman, 1902 (5 species; Africa)
Hindreus Kauri, 1985 (3 species; Africa)
Leptobunus Banks, 1893 (5 species; North America)
Liopilio Schenkel, 1951 (2 species; Alaska)
Liropilio Gritsenko, 1979 (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan)
Megistobunus Hansen, 1921 (3 species)
Metadasylobus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain)
Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands)
Odontobunus Roewer, 1910 (9 species; Africa)
Parascleropilio Rambla, 1975 (1 species)
Phalangium Linnaeus, 1758 (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba)
Ramblinus Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira)
Rhampsinitus Simon, 1879 (47 species; Africa)
Rilaena Silhavý, 1965 (8 species; Europe)
Tchapinius Roewer, 1929 (1 species; Kamchatka)
Zachaeus C.L. Koch, 1839 (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)
Platybuninae Starega, 1976
Buresilia Silhavý, 1965 (3 species)
Lophopilio Hadzi, 1931 (2 species)
Megabunus Meade, 1855 (6 species; Europe)
Metaplatybunus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Greece)
Paraplatybunus Dumitrescu, 1970 (2 species)
Platybunoides Silhavý, 1956 (1 species)
Platybunus C.L. Koch, 1839 (22 species; Europe, Sumatra)
Rafalskia Starega, 1963 (1 species; Asia minor)
Stankiella Hadzi, 1973 (2 species)




Footnotes






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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Phalangiidae
• Phalangium opilio
• Opiliones
• Metaphalangium cirtanum
• Odiellus spinosus
• Arthropod
• Odiellus pictus
• Egaenus
• Arachnid
• Metaplatybunus