Phalangium
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- For the plant synonym, see Phalangium (plant)
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 male P. opilio
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| Phalangium iberica Schenkel, 1939 |
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Phalangium is a genus of harvestmen, that occurs mostly in the Old World. The best known species is Phalangium opilio, which is so common in many temperate regions that is is simply called "harvestman".[1]
[edit] Species
- Phalangium aegyptiacum Savigny, 1816 (Egypt)
- Phalangium bilineatum Fabricius, 1779
- Phalangium cancroides Müller, 1776
- Phalangium clavipus Roewer, 1911 (Mallorca)
- Phalangium conigerum Sørensen, 1912
- Phalangium coronatum Fabricius, 1779
- Phalangium crassum Dufour, 1831
- Phalangium cristatum Olivier, 1791
- Phalangium grossipes Müller, 1776
- Phalangium iberica Schenkel, 1939 (Spain)
- Phalangium incanum C.L.Koch, 1839
- Phalangium licenti Schenkel, 1953
- Phalangium ligusticum (Roewer, 1923) (Liguria, Italy)
- Phalangium lineola Dufour, 1831
- Phalangium litorale Störm, 1762
- Phalangium lupatum Eichwald, 1830
- Phalangium mamillatum Gervais, 1844 (Spain)
- Phalangium mesomelas Soerensen, 1910 (Kilimanjaro)
- Phalangium minutum Meade, 1861
- Phalangium mucronatum Müller, 1776
- Phalangium muscorum Latreille, 1802
- Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1761 (holarctic)
- Phalangium ortoni Wood, 1869 (Ecuador)
- Phalangium pallidum Müller, 1776
- Phalangium palmatum Herbst, 1797
- Phalangium punctipes (L.Koch, 1878) (Armenia)
- Phalangium pygnogonum Müller, 1776
- Phalangium riedeli Starega, 1973
- Phalangium rubens Hermann, 1804
- Phalangium rudipalpe Gervais, 1849
- Phalangium savignyi Savignyi, 1826 (Egypt, Italy)
- Phalangium spiniferum Cantor, 1842 (Zhoushan, China)
- Phalangium targionii (Canestrini, 1871) (Mediterranean)
- Phalangium tricuspidatum Dufour, 1831
- Phalangium uncatum Hermann, 1804 (Austria)
[edit] References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
