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Sclerosomatidae

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Sclerosomatidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–present
Hadrobunus grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Simon, 1879
Subfamilies

Gagrellinae (117 genera)
Gyantinae (3 genera)
Leiobuninae (13 genera)
Sclerosomatinae (10 genera)

Diversity
4 subfamilies, c. 150 genera

The Sclerosomatidae are a family of harvestmen with about 1,300 known species.[1] One former subfamily has been recently removed to form a new family, Globipedidae.[2]

Name

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The name is combined from Ancient Greek skleros "hard" and soma "body".[3]

Genera

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  • Gyantinae Silhavý, 1946
  • Gyas Simon, 1879 (1 species; Alps)
  • Gyoides Martens, 1982 (6 species; Nepal)
  • Rongsharia Roewer, 1957 (3 species; Nepal)
  • Leiobuninae Banks, 1893
  • Amauropilio Mello-Leitão, 1937 (fossil) (2 species; fossils found in Colorado)
  • Cosmobunus Simon, 1879 (5 species; Spain and Mexico)
  • Dilophiocara Redikorzev, 1931 (2 species)
  • Eumesosoma Cokendolpher, 1980 (6 species; United States)
  • Eusclera Roewer, 1910 (2 species; China and India)
  • Hadrobunus Banks, 1900 (2 species; United States)
  • Leiobunum C.L.Koch, 1839 (126 species - 2 extinct fossils; worldwide)
  • Leuronychus Banks, 1900 (2 species; North America)
  • Microliobunum Roewer, 1912 (2 species; Middle East)
  • Micronelima Schenkel, 1938 (1 species; Spain)
  • Nelima Roewer, 1910 (44 species; worldwide)
  • Paranelima Caporiacco, 1938 (6 species; Mexico and Central America)
  • Schenkeliobunum Starega, 1964 (1 species)
  • Togwoteeus Roewer, 1952 (1 species; United States)
  • Sclerosomatinae Simon, 1879

Removed

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  • Caiza Roewer, 1925. Subjective synonym of Pectenobunus Roewer, 1910) in Tourinho, 2004a

References

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  1. ^ Sclerosomatidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 13 October 2014, retrieved 30 August 2015
  2. ^ Kury, A.B. & J.C. Cokendolpher (2020) Chapter 9. A new family from the New World (Eupnoi: Phalangioidea). In: WCO-Lite: online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0 — Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018 (Kury et al., ed.): 52-54.
  3. ^ Tourinho, Ana Lúcia (2007): Sclerosomatidae. Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 127ff
  4. ^ Chen, S. L.; Shih, H. T. (2018). "A review of the harvestman genus Metadentobunus (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae) with a description of a new species from Taiwan". Zoological Studies. 57.
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