Taracidae is a family of

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in the order

Opiliones The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of ext ...

. There are 4 genera and 23 described species in Taracidae.

Species

There are currently 23 described species of Taracidae, listed below. The genera ''Crosbycus'' and ''Hesperonemastoma'' are not considered to belong to the family by some, though a new family has not yet been erected for those genera, so they are included here. * '' Crosbycus'' Roewer, 1914 **''

Crosbycus dasycnemus ''Crosbycus dasycnemus'' is a species in the order Opiliones ("harvestmen"), in the class Arachnida ("arachnids"). ''Crosbycus dasycnemus'' is found in North America. References Further reading * Schönhofer, Axel L. (2013). A Taxonomic Catal ...

'' (Crosby, 1911) * '' Hesperonemastoma'' Gruber, 1970 **'' Hesperonemastoma kepharti'' (Crosby & Bishop, 1924) ** '' Hesperonemastoma modestum'' (Banks, 1894) ** '' Hesperonemastoma packardi'' (Roewer, 1914) ** '' Hesperonemastoma pallidimaculosum'' (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) ** '' Hesperonemastoma smilax'' Shear, 2010 * '' Oskoron'' Shear, 2016 **'' Oskoron brevichelis'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Oskoron crawfordi'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Oskoron spinosus'' (Banks, 1894) * '' Taracus'' Simon, 1879 ** '' Taracus aspenae'' Shear, 2018 ** '' Taracus audisioae'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus birsteini'' Ljovuschkin, 1971 ** '' Taracus carmanah'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus fluvipileus'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus gertschi'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 ** '' Taracus malkini'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 (

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) ** '' Taracus marchingtoni'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus nigripes'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 (

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) ** '' Taracus packardi'' Simon, 1879 ** '' Taracus pallipes'' Banks, 1894 ** '' Taracus silvestrii'' Roewer, 1929 ** '' Taracus spesavius'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus spinosus'' Banks, 1894 (California) ** '' Taracus taylori'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus timpanogos'' Shear, 2016 ** '' Taracus ubicki'' Shear, 2016