Fissiphalliidae

Fissiphalliidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Superfamily: Zalmoxoidea
Family: Fissiphalliidae
Martens, 1988
Species

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The Fissiphalliidae are a small neotropical family of harvestmen within the suborder Laniatores.

Name

The name of the type genus is combined from Latin fissus "split" and Ancient Greek phallos "penis".[1]

Description

Fissiphalliidae are about two to three millimeters long, with legs ranging from three to almost nine mm. The color ranges from yellowish to pale brownish, sometimes with stripes or dots.[1]

Distribution

Fissiphalliidae have been found in Bogotá, Colombia at elevations of about 3,500 meters, and in lowlands of central and eastern Amazon Rainforest.[1]

Species

Relationships

Fissiphalliidae could form a monophyletic group with Zalmoxidae, or even be a group within them.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (2007): Fissiphalliidae Martensen, 1988. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 194ff

References

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