Neopilionidae
It has a clearly Gondwanan distribution, with species found in Australia, South Africa and South America, and probably represent relicts of that time.
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| Family: | Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931 |
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The Neopilionidae are a family of harvestmen.
The family members range in size from the small Americovibone lancafrancoae (0.9 mm) to over 4 mm in the Enantiobuninae.[1]
Some species of Enantiobuninae have blue pigmentation, which is rather unusual in harvestmen.[1]
Name
The family name is a contraction of Ancient Greek neo "new" and Latin Opilio, a genus of harvestman.
Species
- Neopilioninae Lawrence, 1931
- Neopilio Lawrence, 1931
- Neopilio australis Lawrence, 1931 — South Africa
- Ballarrinae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Americovibone Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Americovibone lanfrancoae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Chile
- Arrallaba Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Arrallaba spheniscus Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Australia
- Ballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Australia
- Ballarra alpina Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — New South Wales
- Ballarra cantrelli Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Queensland
- Ballarra clancyi Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — New South Wales
- Ballarra drosera Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — New South Wales
- Ballarra longipalpus Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Western Australia
- Ballarra molaris Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Victoria
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- Plesioballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991
- Plesioballarra crinis Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 — Queensland
- Vibone Kauri, 1961
- Vibone vetusta Kauri, 1961
- Enantiobuninae Mello-Leitão, 1931
- Thrasychiroides Soares & Soares, 1947
- Thrasychiroides brasilicus Soares & Soares, 1947 — Brazil
- Thrasychirus Simon, 1884
- Thrasychirus dentichelis Simon, 1884 — Chile, Argentina
- Thrasychirus gulosus Simon, 1884 — Chile, Argentina
- Thrasychirus modestus Simon, 1902 — Chile, Argentina
Footnotes
- Cokendolpher, James C. (2007): Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 121ff
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Neopilionidae
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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