Neopilionidae
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The Neopilionidae are a family of harvestmen.
It has a clearly Gondwanan distribution, with species found in Australia, South Africa and South America; they probably represent relicts of that time.
The family members range in size from the small Americovibone lancafrancoae (0.9 mm) to over 4 mm in the Enantiobuninae.[1]
Some species of Enantiobuninae have blue pigmentation, which is rather unusual in harvestmen.[1]
The former family "Monoscutidae" has recently been subsumed within the subfamily Enantiobuninae.[2]
Name
The family name is a contraction of Ancient Greek neo "new" and Latin Opilio, a genus of harvestman.
Subdivisions
According to the Catalogue of Life, Neopilionidae includes three subfamilies, which contain a total of 19 genera and 78 species.[3]
- Ballarrinae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Americovibone Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Arrallaba Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Ballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Plesioballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Vibone Kauri, 1961
- Enantiobuninae Mello-Leitão, 1931 (incl. Monoscutidae)
- Acihasta Forster, 1948
- Australiscutum Taylor, 2009
- Forsteropsalis Taylor, 2011
- Mangatangi Taylor, 2013
- Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923
- Monoscutum Forster, 1948
- Neopantopsalis Taylor & Hunt, 2009
- Pantopsalis Simon, 1879
- Spinicrus Forster, 1949
- Templar Taylor, 2008
- Tercentenarium Taylor, 2011
- Thrasychiroides Soares & Soares, 1947
- Thrasychirus Simon, 1884
- Neopilioninae Lawrence, 1931
- Neopilio Lawrence, 1931
Footnotes
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- ↑ a b <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cokendolpher, James C. (2007): Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 121ff
- ↑ Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65.
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References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Neopilionidae
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press Template:ISBN