Travuniidae

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Travuniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Superfamily: Travunioidea
Family: Travuniidae
Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
Diversity
9 genera, > 10 species
Species

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The Travuniidae are a small family of harvestman with little more than ten described species, within the suborder Laniatores.

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[edit] Description

Travuniidae are at the most three millimeters long, with slender, unarmed legs and robust, strongly spined pedipalps.[1]

[edit] Distribution

Travuniidae have been found in Europe, Japan and the USA. Although some were described from Slovenia, these records proved to be erroneous.[1]

[edit] Relationships

Travuniidae are most closely related to Cladonychiidae; it is even possible that Travuniidae is paraphyletic in respect to this family.[1]

[edit] Name

The name of the type genus is derived from the Latin name of Trebinje, Bosnia and Hercegovina.[1]

[edit] Species

[edit] Peltonychiinae

Peltonychiinae Kratochvíl, Balat & Pelikan, 1958

  • Peltonychia Roewer, 1935
  • Peltonychia leprieurii (Lucas, 1860) — Buco Dell'Orso (cave, northern Italy)
  • Peltonychia posteumicola (Roewer, 1935)
  • Peltonychia gabria Roewer, 1935
  • Peltonychia tenuis Roewer, 1935

[edit] Travuniinae

Travuniinae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932

  • Abasola Strand, 1928
  • Abasola troglodytes (Roewer, 1915) — Dalmatia
  • Abasola sarea Roewer, 1935 — Pyrenees
  • Abasola hofferi Silhavy, 1937 — Yugoslavia
  • Arbasus Roewer, 1935
  • Arbasus caecus (Simon, 1911) — southern France
  • Dinaria Hadzi, 1932 — palearctic
  • Kratochvíliola Roewer, 1935 — palearctic
  • Kratochvíliola navarica Roewer, 1935
  • Speleonychia Briggs, 1974
  • Speleonychia sengeri Briggs, 1974 — Washington
  • Travunia Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
  • Travunia jandai Kratochvíl, 1938 — Yugoslavia

[edit] incertae sedis

  • Yuria Suzuki, 1964 — Japan
  • Yuria pulcra Suzuki, 1964
  • Yuria pulcra pulcra Suzuki, 1964
  • Yuria pulcra briggsi Suzuki, 1975
  • Buemarinoa Roewer, 1956
  • Buemarinoa patrizii Roewer, 1956 — Sardinia

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Travuniidae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 237ff

[edit] References

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