Biology:Protolophidae

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Short description: Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Protolophidae
Harvestman Opiliones grooming 2016-05-15.jpg
Protolophus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Protolophidae
Banks, 1893

Protolophidae is a family of harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There is at least one genus, Protolophus, and about six described species in Protolophidae found in Western North America.[1][2][3]

ITIS Taxonomic note:[2]

  • While Protolophidae has been nested within Sclerosomatidae by some workers, it has been traditionally recognized as a separate family (Giribet et al., 2010); although a recent treatment (Kury in Zhang, 2013) does not recognize the family Protolophidae, others do (Hedin et al., 2012; Kury website 'Classification of Opiliones' (2014)).[2][4]

References

Further reading

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6088668 entry