Dicranopalpus
Dicranopalpus Temporal range:
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Genus: | Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852
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Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschall, 1852
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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.
Name[]
The genus 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[]
- (Lawrence, 1951)
- (Dresco, 1949) (Venezuela)
- I. Marcellino, 1974
- Dicranopalpus caudatus Dresco, 1948
- Dresco, 1953
- M. Rambla, 1967
- Doleschal, 1852 (Alps)
- (Simon, 1879) (Corsica)
- (Canestrini, 1874) (Italy)
- (Simon, 1878) (Portugal)
- Dresco, 1948 (France)
- Rambla, 1960
- † (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 Europe)
Further reading[]
- Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52(4): 601-604.
Categories:
- Harvestmen
- Baltic amber
- Harvestmen stubs