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Phalangiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Opiliones

Superfamily
  
Phalangioidea

Higher classification
  
Phalangioidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Eupnoi

Scientific name
  
Phalangiidae

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Phalangium opilio, Mitopus morio, Opilio parietinus

Opilionid or harvestman phalangiidae phalagium feeding


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.

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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

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  • Amilenus Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe)
  • Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America)
  • Lanthanopilio Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984 (1 species)
  • Oligolophinae Banks, 1893

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  • 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

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  • 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 (2 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)

    • References

    Phalangiidae Wikipedia
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