Sclerosomatidae

Sclerosomatidae
Hadrobunus grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Simon, 1879
Subfamilies

Gagrellinae (117 genera)
Gyantinae (8 genera)
Leiobuninae (13 genera)
Sclerosomatinae (10 genera)

Diversity
4 subfamilies, c. 150 genera

The Sclerosomatidae are a family of harvestmen with about 1,300 known species.

Name

The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek skleros "hard" and soma "body".[1]

Genera

Footnotes

  1. Tourinho, Ana Lúcia (2007): Sclerosomatidae. Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 127ff

References


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