Tailors (harvestmen)

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cutter
Opilio parietinus

Opilio parietinus

Systematics
Sub-stem : Jawbearers (Chelicerata)
Class : Arachnids (arachnida)
Order : Harvestmen (Opiliones)
Subordination : Eupnoi
Superfamily : Phalangioidea
Family : cutter
Scientific name
Phalangiidae
Simon , 1879
Rilaena triangularis in a field hedge

The tailors (Phalangiidae) form a family within the order of the harvestmen (Opiliones). In Central Europe it is represented with around 33 species, while around 380 species have been described worldwide.

Representatives of the Phalangiidae belong to the suborder of the Eupnoi, Palpatores are also obsolete and are distributed worldwide, but they seem to be absent in Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Subfamilies can be distinguished in the different continents.

Their name is derived from the ancient Greek phalangion and roughly means harvest helper or, better, harvester.

features

Phalangids stand out because of their long pedipalps , which are large and strong, almost like a leg. The pedipalps also have a functional tarsal claw and can be hairy, bristled or feathered. The tarsal claw is smooth-edged to dentition. The normally proportioned chelicerae have uniformly large, massive, sometimes double teeth. The dorsal scutum is soft-skinned and poorly developed and, if it can be seen at all, developed as a scutum parvum .

Genera with representatives in Central Europe

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  1. ↑ a b T. Blick, C. Komposch: Checklist of the harvestmen of Central and Northern Europe. Checklist of the harvestmen of Central and Northern Europe. (Arachnida: Opiliones). Version December 27, 2004. on: arages.de ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2004. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arages.de
  2. ↑ Joel Hallan, Jim Amrine: Bibliography of the Eriophyidae - A Working Bibliography of the Literature on Eriophyidae of the World, Hosted at the Department of Entomology. Texas A&M University, 2003. insects.tamu.edu
  3. ^ Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado, Gonzalo Giribet: Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-674-02343-9 .
  4. ^ J. Martens: Harvesters, Opiliones - Arachnids, Arachnida. (= Germany's animal world. 64). Fischer, Jena 1978, OCLC: 253718639.

literature

  • Joel Hallan: Phalangiidae. Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.
  • R. Pinto-da-Rocha, G. Machado, G. Giribet (Eds.): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-674-02343-9 .

Web links

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