Taracidae

Taracidae is a family of harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are 4 genera and 23 described species in Taracidae.

Taracidae
Taracus silvestrii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Ischyropsalidoidea
Family: Taracidae
Schönhofer, 2013

Species

There are currently 23 described species of Taracidae,[1][2][3] listed below. The genera Crosbycus and Hesperonemastoma are not considered to belong to the family by some,[2] though a new family has not yet been erected for those genera, so they are included here.

  • Crosbycus Roewer, 1914
  • Hesperonemastoma Gruber, 1970
    • Hesperonemastoma kepharti (Crosby & Bishop, 1924)
    • Hesperonemastoma modestum (Banks, 1894)
    • Hesperonemastoma packardi (Roewer, 1914)
    • Hesperonemastoma pallidimaculosum (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945)
    • Hesperonemastoma smilax Shear, 2010
  • Oskoron Shear, 2016
    • Oskoron brevichelis Shear, 2016
    • Oskoron crawfordi Shear, 2016
    • Oskoron spinosus (Banks, 1894)
  • Taracus Simon, 1879
    • Taracus aspenae Shear, 2018
    • Taracus audisioae Shear, 2016
    • Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971
    • Taracus carmanah Shear, 2016
    • Taracus fluvipileus Shear, 2016
    • Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942
    • Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 (California)
    • Taracus marchingtoni Shear, 2016
    • Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 (Colorado)
    • Taracus packardi Simon, 1879
    • Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894
    • Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1929
    • Taracus spesavius Shear, 2016
    • Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 (California)
    • Taracus taylori Shear, 2016
    • Taracus timpanogos Shear, 2016
    • Taracus ubicki Shear, 2016

References

Further reading

  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.


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