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References. Phalangium is a genus of harvestmen that occur mostly in the Old World. The best known species is Phalangium opilio, which is so common in many temperate regions that it is simply called "harvestman". [1] Species. The genus Phalangium contains the following species: [2] Phalangium aegyptiacum Savigny, 1816 (Egypt)
Range. Holarctic, native to the Palaearctic. It has been introduced to North America, North Africa and New Zealand. Habitat. Common in disturbed, anthropogenic habitats (e.g., agricultural fields, urban areas). Food. Soft-bodied animals such as aphids, caterpillars, leafhoppers, beetle larvae, mites, slugs, etc.
The species has been introduced to North America, North Africa and New Zealand from Europe. In North America, it occurs in non-desert regions of southern Canada and the United States. Habitat. This species can be found in a wide range of open habitats, including meadows, bogs, and forests.
- P. opilio
- Phalangium
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Phalangiidae. The Phalangiidae are a family of harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is Phalangium opilio. Dicranopalpus ramosus is an invasive species in Europe . It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder Laniatores .
- Phalangiidae, Latreille, 1802
- Arthropoda
The Phalangiidae is a diverse group of long-legged harvestmen found in Eurasia, North America and Africa (with some species introduced to Australasia). Members of this group are mostly leathery-bodied, with spiny legs and a characteristic penis morphology with the glans bent dorsally from the shaft (Tsurusaki 2007).
In Guruia africana ( Staręga, 1984 ), Zacheus crista ( Šilhavý, 1965 ), and some European populations of Phalangium opilio ( De Lerma, 1952; Martens, 1978 ), males show great allometric variation in chelicerae and pedipalpal size, but it is not clear whether this variation is continuous or discrete. Table 1.
Phalangium brevicorne Simon, 1879 Phalangium cornutum Degeer, 1778 Phalangium cornutum Linnaeus, 1767 Phalangium longicorne Simon, 1882 Phalangium longipalpis Weed, 1890 Platybunus nigrovittatus hungaricus Szalay, 1949 Homonyms Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1758 Phalangium opilio, 1999 Common names Daddy Longleg in English Daddy Longleg in English
