Travuniidae

Travuniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Superfamily: Travunioidea
Family: Travuniidae
Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
Species

see text
Diversity
9 genera, > 10 species

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

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Description

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

Distribution

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

Relationships

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

Name

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

Species

Peltonychiinae

Peltonychiinae Kratochvíl, Balat & Pelikan, 1958

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

Travuniinae

Travuniinae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932

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

incertae sedis

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

Footnotes

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

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