Sironidae

Sironidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Siro" sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder:
Family:	Sironidae Simon, 1879
Diversity
8 genera, > 30 species
Synonyms
Sironides

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan.^[1]

Name[]

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".^[1]

Species[]

• (mostly Balkan)

• Joseph, 1868 (Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy)

• Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)
• Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)
• Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus (Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)
• Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova)

• Juberthie, 1968 (Greece)
• Karaman, 2007 (Serbia)
• (Hadzi, 1933) (North Macedonia)
• (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia)
• Karaman, 2007 (North Macedonia)
• Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
• Hadzi, 1973 (Montenegro)
• Kratochvíl, 1940 (Croatia: cave Vranjaca)
• Karaman, 2007 (Serbia, cave)
• Hadzi, 1973 (North Macedonia, cave)
• Hadzi, 1973 (karstic region of east and central Serbia)
• Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
• Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)

• (Portugal, cave)

• de Bivort, 2004

• Odontosiro Juberthie, 1961 (Portugal, Spain)

• Juberthie, 1961

• Paramiopsalis Juberthie, 1962 (Portugal, Spain)

• Juberthie, 1962

• Parasiro Hansen & , 1904

• Juberthie, 1956 (Spain, France)
• (Simon, 1872) (Corsica)
• Juberthie, 1958 (Italy, Corsica)

• Siro Latreille, 1796 (western Europe, North America)

• Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923) (US west coast: Washington, Oregon, California)
• † Dunlop & Mitov, 2011 (fossil, Baltic amber, unknown locality)
• Mitov, 1994 (Bulgaria)
• Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear, 2010 (Washington, Oregon)
• Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear, 2010 (California)
• Rafalski, 1956 (Poland, Slovakia)
• Novak & Giribet, 2006 (Slovenia)^[2]
• Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963 (US east coast: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
• Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943) (Washington, Idaho)
• † Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)
• Latreille, 1804 (France)
• Siro shasta Giribet & Shear, 2010 (California)
• Siro sonoma Shear, 1980 (Northern California)
• Chemini, 1990 (Italy)

• Juberthie, 1970 (Japan)

• (Roewer, 1916)

• Tranteeva (Bulgaria)

• Kratochvíl, 1958

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

• Shear, 1985 (Kenya)

• Shear, 1985

Footnotes[]

References[]

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Sironidae
• Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
• Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9

Further reading[]

• Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(3): 554-567. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004

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