Cryptomastridae

Cryptomastridae
Cryptomaster leviathan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Infraorder:	Insidiatores
Superfamily:	Travunioidea
Family:	Cryptomastridae Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2018

Cryptomastridae is a family of armoured harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are two genera and four described species in Cryptomastridae, found in Oregon and Idaho.

The members of Cryptomastridae were formerly members of the family Cladonychiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Cryptomastridae:

• Cryptomaster Briggs, 1969
• Speleomaster Briggs, 1974

References

1. Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.760.24937 . PMC   5986891 . PMID   29872361.
2. Kury, Adriano B. (2018). "Familial nomina in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Bionomina. 13 (1): 1–27. doi:10.11646/bionomina.13.1.1.
3. Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.7. ISBN   978-1-86977-849-1.

Further reading

• Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". PLOS ONE. 5 (5) e10388. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010388 . PMC   2866537 . PMID   20479884.
• Giribet, Gonzalo; Sharma, Prashant P. (2015). "Evolutionary Biology of Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Annual Review of Entomology. 60: 157–175. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021028. PMID   25341103.
• Giribet, Gonzalo; Vogt, Lars; González, Abel P.érez; Sharma, Prashant; et al. (2010). "A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores". Cladistics. 26 (4): 408–437. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x . S2CID   84058161.
• Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2011). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness". Zootaxa. 3148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.17. ISBN   978-1-86977-849-1. ISSN   1175-5326.
• Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal (2) e4094. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094 . PMC   4238074 . PMID   25425936.