Phalangiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Opiliones

Familia: Phalangiidae
Subfamiliae (5): Dicranopalpinae - Oligolophinae - Opilioninae - Phalangiinae - Platybuninae
Overview of genera

Acanthomegabunus – Amilenus – Camerobunus – Homolophus – Lacinius – Mitopiella – Mitopus – Odiellus – Oligolophus – Paralacinius – Paroligolophus – Phalangium (Linnaeus) – Platybunoides – Redikorcevia – Rhampsinitus – Rilaena – Roeweritta – Taurolaena – †Stephanobunus – Zachaeus
Name

Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802
References

Dunlop, J.A.; Mammitzsch, L. 2010: A new genus and species of harvestman from Baltic amber. Palaeodiversity, 3: 23–32. PDF
Kurt, K., Koç, H. & Yağmur, E.A. 2015. A new species of Zachaeus C.L. Koch from Turkey (Opiliones, Phalangiidae). Zookeys 514: 15–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.514.9545 Full article Reference page.
Tsurusaki, N.; Tchemeris, A.N.; Logunov, D.V. 2000: Two new species of Opiliones from southern Siberia and Mongolia, with an establishment of a new genus and redefinition of the genus Homolophus (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangiidae). Acta arachnologica, 49 (1): 73–86. ISSN: 0001-5202 PDF

The Phalangiidae are a family of harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is Phalangium opilio. Dicranopalpus ramosus is an invasive species in Europe.

It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder Laniatores.
Name

The name of the type genus is derived from Ancient Greek phalangion "harvestman".[1]
Systematics

Dicranopalpinae

Amilenus Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe)
Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America)

Oligolophinae Banks, 1893

Lacinius Thorell, 1876 (17 species; China, Europe, North America)
Mitopiella Banks, 1930 (1 species; Borneo)
Mitopus Thorell, 1876 (9 species; Eurasia, North America)
Odiellus Roewer, 1923 (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America)
Oligolophus C. L. Koch, 1871 (4 species; Europe, China)
Paralacinius Morin, 1934 (1 species)
Paroligolophus Lohmander, 1945 (2 species; continental Europe and Britain)[2]
Roeweritta Silhavý, 1965 (1 species)

Opilioninae C.L. Koch, 1839

Egaenus C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839 (14 species; Eurasia)
Himalphalangium Martens, 1973 (5 species)
Homolophus Banks, 1893 (25 species; central Asia, North America)
Opilio Herbst, 1798 (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America)
Scleropilio Roewer, 1911 (1 species; central Asia)

Phalangiinae Latreille, 1802

Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000 (1 species; Siberia)
Bactrophalangium Silhavý, 1966 (2 species)
Bunochelis Roewer, 1923 (2 species; Canary Islands)
Coptophalangium Starega, 1984 (1 species)
Cristina Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa)
Dacnopilio Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa)
Dasylobus Simon, 1878 (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa)
Graecophalangium Roewer, 1923 (5 species; Greece, Macedonia)
Guruia Loman, 1902 (5 species; Africa)
Hindreus Kauri, 1985 (3 species; Africa)
Leptobunus Banks, 1893 (5 species; North America)
Liopilio Schenkel, 1951 (2 species; Alaska)
Liropilio Gritsenko, 1979 (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan)
Megistobunus Hansen, 1921 (3 species)
Metadasylobus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain)
Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands)
Odontobunus Roewer, 1910 (9 species; Africa)
Parascleropilio Rambla, 1975 (1 species)
Phalangium Linnaeus, 1758 (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba)
Ramblinus Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira)
Rhampsinitus Simon, 1879 (47 species; Africa)
Rilaena Silhavý, 1965 (8 species; Europe)
Tchapinius Roewer, 1929 (1 species; Kamchatka)
Zachaeus C.L. Koch, 1839 (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)

Platybuninae Starega, 1976

Buresilia Silhavý, 1965 (2 species)
Lophopilio Hadzi, 1931 (2 species)
Megabunus Meade, 1855 (6 species; Europe)
Metaplatybunus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Greece)
Paraplatybunus Dumitrescu, 1970 (2 species)
Platybunoides Silhavý, 1956 (1 species)
Platybunus C.L. Koch, 1839 (22 species; Europe, Sumatra)
Rafalskia Starega, 1963 (1 species; Asia minor)
Stankiella Hadzi, 1973 (2 species)

Footnotes

Tsurusaki, Nobuo (2007): Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 123ff

Search results for names containing "Paroligolophus", Natural History Museum, retrieved 2013-09-15

References

Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9