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Dicranopalpus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Phalangiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Harvestmen

Class
  
Arachnida

Subfamily
  
Gyantinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Dicranopalpus ramosus, Harvestmen, Phalangiidae, Opilio canestrinii, Oligolophus

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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.

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Dicranopalpus ramosus


Name

The species 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 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
  • † Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and Bitterfeld amber fossil)
  • = † Dicranopalpus corniger Menge, 1854 (Baltic amber)
  • = † Dicranopalpus palmnickensis Roewer, 1939 (Baltic amber)
  • Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909) (Western Europel)

    • References

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