Cladonychiidae

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Cladonychiidae
Opiliones, Laniatores, F. Briggsidae, Briggsus sp. (2404168737).jpg
Briggsus, Oregon
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Travunioidea
Family: Cladonychiidae
Hadži, 1935
Synonyms

Erebromastridae

The Cladonychiidae are a small family of harvestman with about 33 described species, within the suborder Laniatores.

Description[]

Members of this family range from less than two to about four millimeters in body length, with robust, spined pedipalps and rather short legs, although the second pair can be as long as two centimeter. Most Cladonychiidae are reddish brown to dark brown, but cave-dwelling species are pale yellow. Not all species have eyes.[1]

Distribution[]

The members of Cladonychiidae are found in Southern Europe and the United States.[2]

Fossils[]

Proholoscotolemon was recently found in Baltic amber.

Relationships[]

The genera Peltonychia, Holoscotolemon, Erebomaster, Theromaster, Speleonychia, Briggsus, and Isolachus from the family Travuniidae and the former family Pentanychidae have been transferred to Cladonychiidae. This left Travuniidae with three genera from the Balkan region of Europe, Travunia, Trojanella, and Dinaria.[2]

Name[]

The name of the former type genus Cladonychium (now synonymized with Erebomaster) is derived from Ancient Greek "branched claw".[1]

Species[]

These genera and species belong to the family Cladonychiidae:[2][3][4]

  • genus Arbasus Roewer, 1935
    • species (Simon, 1911)
  • genus Briggsus Özdikmen & Demir, 2008
    • species (Briggs, 1971)
    • species (Briggs, 1971)
    • species (Briggs, 1971)
    • species (Briggs, 1971)
    • species (Briggs, 1971)
  • genus Buemarinoa Roewer, 1956
    • species Roewer, 1956
  • genus Erebomaster Cope, 1872
    • species Erebomaster acanthinus (Crosby & Bishop, 1924)
    • species Cope, 1872
      • subspecies Erebomaster flavescens flavescens Cope, 1872
      • subspecies Erebomaster flavescens coecum (Packard, 1888) — Carter cave
    • species (Packard, 1888)
  • genus Holoscotolemon Roewer, 1915
    • species Tedeschi & Sciaky, 1994
    • species (Corti, 1905)
    • species Martens, 1978
    • species Martens, 1978
    • species Tedeschi & Sciaky, 1994
    • species Tedeschi & Sciaky, 1994
    • species Martens, 1978
    • species (Lucas, 1864)
    • species Roewer, 1915
  • genus Isolachus Briggs, 1971
    • species Briggs, 1971
  • genus Peltonychia Roewer, 1935
    • species (Simon, 1879)
    • species Roewer, 1935
    • species (Lucas, 1861)
    • species
    • species (Simon, 1879)
    • species (Simon, 1872)
    • species (Roewer, 1935)
    • species (Roewer, 1935)
    • species Roewer, 1935
  • genus Speleonychia Briggs, 1974
    • species Briggs, 1974
  • genus Theromaster Briggs, 1969
  • genus † Proholoscotolemon Ubick & Dunlop, 2005
    • species † (Koch & Berendt, 1854)

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b Briggs, Thomas S. & Ubick, Darrell (2007): Cladonychiidae Hadži, 1935. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 179ff
  2. ^ a b c Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.
  3. ^ Kury, Adriano B. (2018). "Familial nomina in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Bionomina. 13 (1): 1–27. doi:10.11646/bionomina.13.1.1. S2CID 92517624.
  4. ^ Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.7. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.

References[]

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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