Sironidae

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Sironidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Superfamily: Sironoidea
Family: Sironidae
Simon, 1879
Diversity
8 genera, > 30 species

Synonyms

Sironides

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan.[1]

Contents

[edit] Name

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron"[1].

[edit] Species

  • Cyphophthalmus (mostly Balkan)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova)
  • Cyphophtalmus eratoae Juberthie, 1968 (Greece)
  • Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2007 (Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933) (Republic of Macedonia)
  • Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2007 (Republic of Macedonia)
  • Cyphophthalmus minutus Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus montenegrinus Hadzi, 1973 (Montenegro)
  • Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus Kratochvíl, 1940 (Croatia: cave Vranjaca)
  • Cyphophthalmus nonveilleri Karaman, 2007 (Serbia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus ohridanus Hadzi, 1973 (Republic of Macedonia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus serbicus Hadzi, 1973 (karstic region of east and central Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Iberosiro distylos de Bivort, 2004
  • Odontosiro Juberthie, 1961 (Portugal, Spain)
  • Odontosiro lusitanicus Juberthie, 1961
  • Paramiopsalis Juberthie, 1962 (Portugal, Spain)
  • Paramiopsalis ramulosus Juberthie, 1962
  • Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904
  • Parasiro coiffaiti Juberthie, 1956 (Spain, France)
  • Parasiro corsicus (Simon, 1872) (Corsica)
  • Parasiro minor Juberthie, 1958 (Italy, Corsica)
  • Siro Latreille, 1796 (western Europe, North America)
  • Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923) (US west coast: Washington, Oregon, California)
  • Siro beschkovi Mitov, 1994 (Bulgaria)
  • Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear (not yet published)[2] (Washington, Oregon)
  • Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear (not yet published) (California)
  • Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 (Poland, Slovakia)
  • Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 (Slovenia)[3]
  • Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963 (US east coast: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
  • Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943) (Washington, Idaho)
  • Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2004 (fossil, Tertiary amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)
  • Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 (France)
  • Siro shasta Giribet & Shear (not yet published) (California)
  • Siro sonoma Shear, 1980 (Northern California)
  • Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990 (Italy)
  • Suzukielus Juberthie, 1970 (Japan)
  • Suzukielus sauteri (Roewer, 1916)
  • Tranteeva (Bulgaria)
  • Tranteeva paradoxa Kratochvíl, 1958

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

  • Marwe Shear, 1985 (Kenya)
  • Marwe coarctata Shear, 1985

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha et al. 2007: 102f
  2. ^ Cyphophthalmi checklist
  3. ^ Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. Zootaxa 1330: 27-42. PDF

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(3): 554-567. doi:doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004


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