Sironidae
The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.
| Sironidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | |
| Siro sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Cyphophthalmi |
| Infraorder: | Boreophthalmi |
| Family: | Sironidae Simon, 1879 |
| Diversity | |
| 8 genera, > 30 species | |
 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Sironides | |
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]
Species
- Cyphophthalmus (mostly Balkan)
- Cyphophtalmus duricorius Joseph, 1868 (Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy)
- Cyphophtalmus eratoae Juberthie, 1968 (Greece)
- Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2007 (Serbia)
- Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933) (North Macedonia)
- Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia)
- Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2007 (North 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 (North 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 (Portugal, 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
- Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923) (US west coast: Washington, Oregon, California)
- †Siro balticus Dunlop & Mitov, 2011 (fossil, Baltic amber, unknown locality)
- Siro beschkovi Mitov, 1994 (Bulgaria)
- Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear, 2010 (Washington, Oregon)
- Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear, 2010 (California)
- Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 (Poland, Slovakia)
- Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 (Slovenia)[2]
- Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963 (US east coast: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
- Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943) (Washington, Idaho)
- †Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)
- Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 (France)
- Siro shasta Giribet & Shear, 2010 (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
Footnotes
- Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha et al. 2007: 102f
- Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. Zootaxa 1330: 27-42. PDF
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Sironidae
- Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sironidae.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.