Troguloidea

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Troguloidea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Dyspnoi
Superfamily: Troguloidea
Sundevall, 1833
Families
Diversity
4 families, several genera

Troguloidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 4 genera (2 extinct), found mostly in Europe, Asia, and North America (as of 2023). [1] [2]

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Description

The superfamily Troguloidea was described by Sundevall, with the type genus as Trogulus Latreille, 1802 by original implicit etymological designation. [1]

Taxonomy

Troguloidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones. [1] Of the 6 genera (as of 2023), 2 of those are extinct. The scheme below largely reflects Schönhofer (2013). [3]

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<i>Ortholasma</i> Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Ortholasma is a genus of harvestmen in the family Nemastomatidae with 5 described species. The genus has been revised by Shear (2010).

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Martensolasma is a genus of harvestmen in the family Nemastomatidae with two described species . Both species are found in Mexico. The type species was include in catalog by Schönhofer (2013). The genus Martensolasma was described by William Shear, with the type species Martensolasma jocheni Shear, 2006. A second species was later added to the genus by Cruz-López, 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Troguloidea". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. "Troguloidea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1 . ISSN   1175-5326. PMID   26146693.