Sironidae

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
Subordo: Cyphophthalmi
Familia: Sironidae
Genera: Cyphophthalmus – Siro
References

Giribet, G. & W.A. Shear, 2010 : The genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae) in North America with a phylogenetic analysis based on molecular data and the description of four new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160(1): 1–33 . Full article: [1].

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan.[1]
Name

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".[1]
Species

Cyphophthalmus (mostly Balkan)

Cyphophtalmus duricorius Joseph, 1868 (Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy)

Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)
Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)
Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus (Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)
Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova)

Cyphophtalmus eratoae Juberthie, 1968 (Greece)
Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2007 (Serbia)
Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933) (North Macedonia)
Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia)
Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2007 (North Macedonia)
Cyphophthalmus minutus Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
Cyphophthalmus montenegrinus Hadzi, 1973 (Montenegro)
Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus Kratochvíl, 1940 (Croatia: cave Vranjaca)
Cyphophthalmus nonveilleri Karaman, 2007 (Serbia, cave)
Cyphophthalmus ohridanus Hadzi, 1973 (North Macedonia, cave)
Cyphophthalmus serbicus Hadzi, 1973 (karstic region of east and central Serbia)
Cyphophthalmus silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)

Iberosiro (Portugal, cave)

Iberosiro distylos de Bivort, 2004

Odontosiro Juberthie, 1961 (Portugal, Spain)

Odontosiro lusitanicus Juberthie, 1961

Paramiopsalis Juberthie, 1962 (Portugal, Spain)

Paramiopsalis ramulosus Juberthie, 1962

Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904

Parasiro coiffaiti Juberthie, 1956 (Spain, France)
Parasiro corsicus (Simon, 1872) (Corsica)
Parasiro minor Juberthie, 1958 (Italy, Corsica)

Siro Latreille, 1796 (western Europe, North America)

Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923) (US west coast: Washington, Oregon, California)
†Siro balticus Dunlop & Mitov, 2011 (fossil, Baltic amber, unknown locality)
Siro beschkovi Mitov, 1994 (Bulgaria)
Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear, 2010 (Washington, Oregon)
Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear, 2010 (California)
Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 (Poland, Slovakia)
Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 (Slovenia)[2]
Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963 (US east coast: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943) (Washington, Idaho)
†Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)
Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 (France)
Siro shasta Giribet & Shear, 2010 (California)
Siro sonoma Shear, 1980 (Northern California)
Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990 (Italy)

Suzukielus Juberthie, 1970 (Japan)

Suzukielus sauteri (Roewer, 1916)

Tranteeva (Bulgaria)

Tranteeva paradoxa Kratochvíl, 1958

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

Marwe Shear, 1985 (Kenya)

Marwe coarctata Shear, 1985

Footnotes

Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha et al. 2007: 102f

Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. Zootaxa 1330: 27-42. PDF

References

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