Phalangiidae

 ( Harvestmen ) 

The Phalangiidae are a family of harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is Phalangium opilio. Dicranopalpus ramosus is a common introduced species in Europe.

It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder Laniatores.

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Name The name of the type genus is derived from Ancient Greek phalangion "harvestman". (2007): Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 123ff

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Systematics

• Dicranopalpinae

* Amilenus Martens, 1969 (1 species; central Europe)

* Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852 (12 species; Europe, South America)

• Oligolophinae Nathan Banks, 1893

* Lacinius Thorell, 1876 (17 species; China, Europe, North America)

* Mitopiella Banks, 1930 (1 species; Borneo)

* Mitopus Thorell, 1876 (9 species; Eurasia, North America)

* Odiellus Roewer, 1923 (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America)

* Oligolophus C. L. Koch, 1871 (4 species; Europe, China)

* Paralacinius Morin, 1934 (1 species)

* Paroligolophus Lohmander, 1945 (2 species; continental Europe and Britain)

* Roeweritta Silhavý, 1965 (1 species)

• Opilioninae C.L. Koch, 1839

* Egaenus C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839 (14 species; Eurasia)

* Himalphalangium Martens, 1973 (5 species)

* Homolophus Banks, 1893 (25 species; central Asia, North America)

* Opilio Herbst, 1798 (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America)

* Scleropilio Roewer, 1911 (1 species; central Asia)

• Phalangiinae Latreille, 1802

* Acanthomegabunus Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000 (1 species; Siberia)

* Bactrophalangium Silhavý, 1966 (2 species)

* Bunochelis Roewer, 1923 (2 species; Canary Islands)

* Coptophalangium Starega, 1984 (1 species)

* Cristina Loman, 1902 (13 species; Africa)

* Dacnopilio Roewer, 1911 (4 species; Africa)

* Dasylobus Simon, 1878 (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa)

* Graecophalangium Roewer, 1923 (5 species; Greece, Macedonia)

* Guruia Loman, 1902 (5 species; Africa)

* Hindreus Kauri, 1985 (3 species; Africa)

* Leptobunus Banks, 1893 (5 species; North America)

* Liopilio Schenkel, 1951 (2 species; Alaska)

* Liropilio Gritsenko, 1979 (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan)

* Megistobunus Hansen, 1921 (3 species)

* Metadasylobus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain)

* Metaphalangium Roewer, 1911 (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands)

* Odontobunus Roewer, 1910 (9 species; Africa)

* Parascleropilio Rambla, 1975 (1 species)

* Phalangium Carl Linnaeus, 1758 (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba)

* Ramblinus Starega, 1984 (1 species; Madeira)

* Rhampsinitus Simon, 1879 (47 species; Africa)

* Rilaena Silhavý, 1965 (8 species; Europe)

* Tchapinius Roewer, 1929 (1 species; Kamchatka)

* Zachaeus C.L. Koch, 1839 (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)

• Platybuninae Starega, 1976

* Buresilia Silhavý, 1965 (3 species)

* Lophopilio Hadzi, 1931 (2 species)

* Megabunus Meade, 1855 (6 species; Europe)

* Metaplatybunus Roewer, 1911 (8 species; Greece)

* Paraplatybunus Dumitrescu, 1970 (2 species)

* Platybunoides Silhavý, 1956 (1 species)

* Platybunus C.L. Koch, 1839 (22 species; Europe, Sumatra)

* Rafalskia Starega, 1963 (1 species; Asia minor)

* Stankiella Hadzi, 1973 (2 species)

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Footnotes

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press

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