Sabaconidae

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Sabaconidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Sabacon cavicolens (Marshal Hedin).jpg
Sabacon cavicolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Suborder:
Dyspnoi
Superfamily:
Family:
Sabaconidae

Dresco, 1970
Genus:
Sabacon

Simon, 1879
Type species

Simon, 1879
Diversity
1 genus, 57 species

Sabaconidae is a family of harvestmen with 57 described species in one genus, Sabacon, which is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

Name[]

The name of the type genus is derived from "Sabacon", an Egyptian king.

Description[]

This family is very easily recognizable on the basis of the unique pedipalp morphology, which is densely covered in plumose setae, and features a concave depression on the tibia, and a bulbous tarsus, which fits snugly into the tibial depression.

Distribution[]

Sabaconidae exhibits a wide, yet highly disjunct, distribution. Species can be found throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, though individual species usually have very restricted distributions.

Fossil Record[]

There is one species, Roewer, 1939, known from Baltic amber.

Relationships[]

Sabaconidae belongs to the superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. The family originally consisted of just the genus *Sabacon*, though *Taracus* was later added to the family. *Hesperonemastoma* was later moved to this family, as well, after molecular studies confirmed that this genus was closely related to *Taracus*. However, a new family, Taracidae, was later erected for *Hesperonemastoma* and *Taracus*, leaving Sabaconidae once again monogeneric. Currently, Sabaconidae is thought to be most closely related to Taracidae, and more distantly to Ischyropsalididae.

The internal relationships of Sabaconidae are not fully understood. Generally, species within a geographical region form a clade, with the exception of *Sabacon cavicolens*, which belongs to a clade with the European species.

Species[]

There are currently 57 described species, 2 of which are subdivided into 2 subspecies.[1][2][3]

  • Martens, 2015
  • Suzuki, 1963
  • Martens, 1983
  • Shear, 1975
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • Shear, 1975
  • (Banks, 1898)
  • Sabacon cavicolens (Packard, 1884)
  • Martens, 1972
  • (L. Koch, 1879)
  • Suzuki, 1949
  • Martens, 1972
  • Suzuki, 1974
  • Roewer, 1953
  • Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
  • Martens, 2015
  • Suzuki, 1964
  • Suzuki, 1974
  • Suzuki, 1974
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 1972
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • Suzuki, 1949
  • Sabacon makinoi makinoi Suzuki, 1949
  • Sabacon makinoi sugimotoi Suzuki & Tsurusaki, 1983
  • Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • Crosby & Bishop, 1924
  • Martens, 2018
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • (Banks, 1894)
  • Suzuki, 1941
  • Martens, 1972
  • Simon, 1879
  • Glez-Luque, 1991
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 1983
  • Miyosi, 1942
  • Martens, 2015
  • Marten, 1972
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 2015
  • Miyosi, 1942
  • Martens, 1989
  • Martens, 2015
  • Cokendolpher, 1984
  • Martens, 2015
  • Dresco, 1952
  • Martens, 2015
  • Shear, 1975
  • Martens, 2018
  • Martens, 2015
  • Martens, 1972
  • Simon, 1881
  • Sabacon viscayanus ramblaianum Martens, 1983
  • Sabacon viscayanus viscayanus Simon, 1881

References[]

  1. ^ "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  2. ^ "Two new species of Sabacon Simon, 1879 (Opiliones: Dyspnoi: Sabaconidae) from Yunnan Province, China | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  3. ^ "Sabacon Simon, 1879 in the Palaearctic: A survey of new and known species from France, Nepal, India, China, Russia and Japan (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sabaconidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
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