Megacina

Megacina
Megacina cockerelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Phalangodidae
Genus:	Megacina Ubick & Briggs, 2008

Megacina is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Phalangodidae. There are at least four described species in Megacina. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Megacina:

• Megacina cockerelli (C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942)
• Megacina madera (Briggs, 1968)
• Megacina mayacma Ubick & Briggs, 2008
• Megacina schusteri Ubick & Briggs, 2008

References

1. "Megacina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Megacina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Megacina genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Kury, Adriano B. (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. Volumen Especial Monográfico: 5–337. ISSN   1576-9518.
• 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.
• 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; 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.