Ogoveidae
| Ogoveidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Cyphophthalmi |
| Superfamily: | Ogoveoidea |
| Family: | Ogoveidae Shear, 1980 |
| Genus: | Ogovea Roewer, 1923 |
| Species | |
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see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 genus, 3 species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ogovia | |
The Ogoveidae are a family of harvestmen with three described species in one genus, Ogovea, which is found in tropical rain forests of equatorial West Africa.
Huitaca was originally included in this family, but morphological data analysis showed that Huitaca and Ogovea are not monophyletic.[1] It is now included in Neogoveidae.[2]
Ogoveidae are 3 to 5 mm long and eyeless. They are completely covered with different types of sensory hairs and sonsory structures. Both sexes feature a cuticular structure on the legs, coxae, and opisthosomal sternal region, called Hansen's organ. The pedipalps are extremely modified.[1]
Name
The name of the genus giving the family its name refers to the river Ogooué, where the type species was found. The genus was originally called Ogovia Hansen & Sørensen, 1914, but later renamed to Ogovea.[1]
Species
- Ogovea cameroonensis Giribet & Prieto, 2003 (Cameroon)
- Ogovea grossa (Hansen & Sørensen, 1914) (Congo: River Ogooué)
- Ogovea nasuta (Hansen, 1921) (Bioko)
Footnotes
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Ogoveidae
- Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
- Giribet, G. & Boyer, S.L. (2002): A cladistic analysis of the cyphophthalmid genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). Journal of Arachnology 30: 110-128. PDF
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9