Dicranopalpus
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 D. ramosus
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| Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschall, 1852 |
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Dichranochirus |
Dicranopalpus is a genus of harvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from Baltic amber, but only D. ramiger is currently considered valid.
[edit] Name
The species name refers to the peculiar form of the palps in at least the first described species, D. gasteinensis (and D. ramosus), derived from di "two", cranium "head", and palpus.
[edit] Species
- Dicranopalpus angolensis (Lawrence, 1951)
- Dicranopalpus bolivari (Dresco, 1949) (Venezuela)
- Dicranopalpus brevipes I.Marcellino, 1974
- † Dicranopalpus corniger Menge, 1854 (fossil)
- Dicranopalpus cantabricus Dresco, 1953
- Dicranopalpus dispar M.Rambla, 1967
- Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschal, 1852 (Alps)
- Dicranopalpus insignipalpis (Simon, 1879) (Corsica)
- Dicranopalpus larvatus (Canestrini, 1874) (Italy)
- Dicranopalpus martini (Simon, 1878) (Portugal)
- † Dicranopalpus palmnickensis Roewer, 1939 (Baltic amber fossil)
- Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus Dresco, 1948 (France)
- Dicranopalpus pulchellus Rambla, 1960
- † Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (fossil)
- Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909)
[edit] Further reading
- Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52(4): 601-604.
