The Phalangiidae are a family of

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with about 380 known species. The best known is ''

Phalangium opilio ''Phalangium opilio'' is a species of harvestman belonging to the family Phalangiidae. Distribution It is "the most widespread species of harvestman in the world", occurring natively in Europe, and much of Asia. The species has been introduced ...

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Dicranopalpus ramosus ''Dicranopalpus ramosus'' is a species of harvestman. Males are up to 4 mm long, females can reach up to 6 mm. Both sexes have very long legs (especially the second pair can reach up to 5 cm), with a distinct elongated apophysis ...

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. It is not to be confused with the harvestman family

Phalangodidae The Phalangodidae are a family of harvestmen with about 30 genera and more than 100 described species, distributed in the Holarctic region. It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangiidae, which is in the suborder Eupnoi. ...

, which belongs to the suborder

Laniatores Laniatores is the largest suborder of the arachnid order Opiliones with over 4,000 described species worldwide. The majority of the species are highly dependent on humid environments and usually correlated with tropical and temperate forest habit ...

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from

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''phalangion'' "harvestman". (2007): Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 123ff

Systematics

* Dicranopalpinae :* '' Amilenus'' Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe) :* '' Dicranopalpus''

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, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America) :* '' Lanthanopilio'' Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984 (1 species) * Oligolophinae

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, 1893 :* '' 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 :* '' 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) :* ''

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'' Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa) :* '' Dacnopilio'' Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa) :* '' Dasylobus''

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, 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''

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(35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba) :* '' Ramblinus'' Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira) :* ''

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'' 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)

Footnotes

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Phalangiidae
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press'' Harvestmen Harvestman families {{Opiliones-stub