Tithaeidae

Tithaeidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Epedanoidea
Family:	Tithaeidae Sharma & Giribet, 2011
Genera
See text for list
Diversity
5 genera, c. 41 spp

Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species. ^{[1] [2]}

The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Description

They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.

Name

The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"

Genera

• Istithaeus Roewer, 1949
• Kondosus Roewer, 1949
• Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891
• Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949
• Tithaeus Thorell, 1890

• † Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. "Tithaeidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
2. "Tithaeidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
3. "Tithaeidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
4. "Tithaeidae". GBIF. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

References

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

External links

• Data related to Tithaeidae at Wikispecies