Acropsopilionidae

Acropsopilionidae
Acropsopilio neozealandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Dyspnoi
Superfamily:	Acropsopilionoidea
Family:	Acropsopilionidae Roewer, 1924
Type species
Acropsopilio chilensis Silvestri, 1904
Diversity
3 genera, 19 species

Acropsopilionidae is a family of harvestmen with 19 described species in 3 genera. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

Main article: List of Dyspnoi species

• Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 (Americas [various], Australasia)

• Acropsopilio australicus Cantrell, 1980 –Australia (Queensland)
• Acropsopilio boopis (Crosby, 1904) –USA, Canada (Eastern States and Provinces)
• Acropsopilio chilensis Silvestri, 1904 –Chile, Argentina
• Acropsopilio chomulae (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1948) –Mexico
• Acropsopilio neozealandiae (Forster, 1948) –New Zealand
• Acropsopilio venezuelensis González-Sponga, 1992 –(Venezuela)

• Austropsopilio Forster, 1955 (Eastern Australia, Tasmania, also Chile)

• Austropsopilio altus Cantrell, 1980 –Australia (New South Wales)
• Austropsopilio cygneus Hickman, 1957 –Australia (Tasmania)
• Austropsopilio fuscus (Hickman, 1957) –Australia (Tasmania)
• Austropsopilio inermis Cantrell, 1980 –Australia (New South Wales)
• Austropsopilio megalops (Hickman, 1957) –Australia (Tasmania)
• Austropsopilio novaehollandiae Forster, 1955 –Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Austropsopilio sudamericanus Shultz and Cekalovic, 2003 –Chile

• Cadella Hirst, 1925 (South Africa)

• Cadella africana (Lawrence, 1931) –South Africa
• Cadella capensis Hirst, 1925 –South Africa
• Cadella croeseri Staręga, 1988 –South Africa
• Cadella haddadi Lotz, 2011 –South Africa
• Cadella jocquei Staręga, 2008 –South Africa
• Cadella spatulipis Lawrence, 1934 –South Africa
  • Cadella spatulipis caledonica Lawrence, 1934 –South Africa
  • Cadella spatulipis spatulipis Lawrence, 1934 –South Africa

References

1. "Acropsopilionidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
2. "Acropsopilionidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
3. Groh, S.; Giribet, G. (2015). "Polyphyly of Caddoidea, reinstatement of the family Acropsopilionidae in Dyspnoi, and a revised classification system of Palpatores (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Cladistics. 31 (3): 277–290. doi: 10.1111/cla.12087 . ISSN   1096-0031. PMID   34772266. S2CID   85408627.

External links

• Media related to Acropsopilionidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Acropsopilionidae at Wikispecies