Pachylinae

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Pachylinae
Lacronia ceci Kury & Orrico, 2006, from Brazil.
Lacronia ceci Kury & Orrico, 2006, from Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Gonyleptidae
Subfamily: Pachylinae
Sørensen, 1884
genera

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Pachylinae Sørensen, 1884 is the most diverse subfamily of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae, including around 400 valid species (Kury, 2003). Major groups of species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Bolivian/Peruvian Highlands, Argentina and Chilean Temperate Forest.

[edit] Important genera

Currently, 128 genera are recognized. Notable ones include:

  • Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878
  • Eusarcus Perty, 1833
  • Giupponia Pérez & Kury, 2002
  • Graphinotus C.L. Koch, 1839
  • Lacronia Strand, 1942
  • Pachyloides Holmberg, 1878
  • Pachylus C.L. Koch, 1839
  • Sadocus Sørensen, 1886
  • Triglochinura Mello-Leitão, 1924

[edit] References

  • Kury, A.B. (2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.


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