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- The best known is Phalangium opilio.
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Feb 22, 2017 · However, the ‘caddoid’ gestalt is now known from Caddoidea, Phalangioidea (in the members of the genus Hesperopilio; see ) and Acropsopilionoidea, and enlarged eyes are thus best optimized as a symplesiomorphy of Palpatores.
The suborder Eupnoi is divided into the superfamilies Caddoidea (2 species) and Phalangioidea ( ∼1,800 species), the latter including four ill-defined families (Neopilionidae, Phalangiidae, Pro-tolophidae, and Sclerosomatidae), plus the Metopilio group; all are in urgent need of revision.
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.
Members of this marsupial family make up a fairly diverse group of around 18 species placed in 6 genera. They inhabit Australia, and New Guinea and several smaller islands. These are medium-sized animals with a stocky and powerful body, short face, eyes directed forward, and a prominent rhinarium.
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).
Phalangium. Linnaeus, 1758. Type species. Phalangium iberica. Schenkel, 1939. Synonyms. Cerastoma. 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".
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.
