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The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. As of July 2024, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, [1][2][3] although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. [4]
Nov 17, 2023 · Easily separated from spiders by the broad fusion of the two body segments, so that the body appears to be composed of a singular segment. Harvestmen do not possess silk glands, and can't spin webs. Unlike spiders, harvestmen lack venom glands associated with their chelicerae (mouthparts).
Harvestmen is the common name for any of the eight-legged invertebrate animals comprising the order Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) in the arthropod class Arachnida, characterized by a body in which the two main sections, the cephalothorax and abdomen, are broadly joined so that they appear as if one oval structure.
- Arachnida
- Arthropoda
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- Dromopoda
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, or daddy longlegs. According to the most updated count, over 6,660 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000.
The Phalangida (Opiliones) of New York, with special reference to the species of the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville, New York. Rochester Academy of Science. Proceedings 9: 159–235.
<p>The <b>Opiliones</b> (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as <b>harvestmen</b>, <b>harvesters</b>, <b>harvest spiders</b>, or <b>daddy longlegs</b>. As of April 2017, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000.
New Phalangodidae (Phalangida) from the United States. American Museum Novitates, New York, 1188: 1-18. ... Site Map Contact ...
