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Caelopygus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Gonyleptidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Opiliones

Subfamily
  
Caelopyginae

Caelopygus is a genus of harvestmen found solely in Brazil. It is placed in the sub-family Caelopyginae, and includes two species formerly placed in the genera Liarthrodes Mello-Leitão, 1922 and Heterarthrodes Mello-Leitão, 1935:

  • Caelopygus elegans (Perty, 1833)
  • Caelopygus melanocephalus C. L. Koch in Hahn & C. L. Koch, 1839

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