The Phalangiidae are a family of harvestmen with about 380 known species. The best known is Phalangium opilio. Dicranopalpus ramosus is a common introduced species in Europe.
It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangodidae, which belongs to the suborder Laniatores.
Name
The name of the type genus is derived from Ancient Greek phalangion "harvestman".
Systematics
* Amilenus <small>Martens, 1969</small> (1 species; central Europe)
* Dicranopalpus <small>Doleschall, 1852</small> (12 species; Europe, South America)
* Lacinius <small>Thorell, 1876</small> (17 species; China, Europe, North America)
* Mitopiella <small>Banks, 1930</small> (1 species; Borneo)
* Mitopus <small>Thorell, 1876</small> (9 species; Eurasia, North America)
* Odiellus <small>Roewer, 1923</small> (17 species; Eurasia, North Africa, North America)
* Oligolophus <small>C. L. Koch, 1871</small> (4 species; Europe, China)
* Paralacinius <small>Morin, 1934</small> (1 species)
* Paroligolophus <small>Lohmander, 1945</small> (2 species; continental Europe and Britain)
* Roeweritta <small>Silhavý, 1965</small> (1 species)
* Egaenus <small>C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C.L. Koch 1839</small> (14 species; Eurasia)
* Himalphalangium <small>Martens, 1973</small> (5 species)
* Homolophus <small>Banks, 1893</small> (25 species; central Asia, North America)
* Opilio <small>Herbst, 1798</small> (63 species; Eurasia, one species also in North America)
* Scleropilio <small>Roewer, 1911</small> (1 species; central Asia)
* Acanthomegabunus <small>Tsurusaki, Tchemeris & Logunov, 2000</small> (1 species; Siberia)
* Bactrophalangium <small>Silhavý, 1966</small> (2 species)
* Bunochelis <small>Roewer, 1923</small> (2 species; Canary Islands)
* Coptophalangium <small>Starega, 1984</small> (1 species)
* Cristina <small>Loman, 1902</small> (13 species; Africa)
* Dacnopilio <small>Roewer, 1911</small> (4 species; Africa)
* Dasylobus <small>Simon, 1878</small> (19 species; southern Europe, northern Africa)
* Graecophalangium <small>Roewer, 1923</small> (5 species; Greece, Macedonia)
* Guruia <small>Loman, 1902</small> (5 species; Africa)
* Hindreus <small>Kauri, 1985</small> (3 species; Africa)
* Leptobunus <small>Banks, 1893</small> (5 species; North America)
* Liopilio <small>Schenkel, 1951</small> (2 species; Alaska)
* Liropilio <small>Gritsenko, 1979</small> (2 species; Russia, Kazakhstan)
* Megistobunus <small>Hansen, 1921</small> (3 species)
* Metadasylobus <small>Roewer, 1911</small> (8 species; Balkans, Greece, Canary Islands, France, Spain)
* Metaphalangium <small>Roewer, 1911</small> (15 species; southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Canary Islands)
* Odontobunus <small>Roewer, 1910</small> (9 species; Africa)
* Parascleropilio <small>Rambla, 1975</small> (1 species)
* Phalangium <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (35 species; Africa, Eurasia, Cuba)
* Ramblinus <small>Starega, 1984</small> (1 species; Madeira)
* Rhampsinitus <small>Simon, 1879</small> (47 species; Africa)
* Rilaena <small>Silhavý, 1965</small> (8 species; Europe)
* Tchapinius <small>Roewer, 1929</small> (1 species; Kamchatka)
* Zachaeus <small>C.L. Koch, 1839</small> (10 species; southeastern Europe, Asia Minor)
* Buresilia <small>Silhavý, 1965</small> (3 species)
* Lophopilio <small>Hadzi, 1931</small> (2 species)
* Megabunus <small>Meade, 1855</small> (6 species; Europe)
* Metaplatybunus <small>Roewer, 1911</small> (8 species; Greece)
* Paraplatybunus <small>Dumitrescu, 1970</small> (2 species)
* Platybunoides <small>Silhavý, 1956</small> (1 species)
* Platybunus <small>C.L. Koch, 1839</small> (22 species; Europe, Sumatra)
* Rafalskia <small>Starega, 1963</small> (1 species; Asia minor)
* Stankiella <small>Hadzi, 1973</small> (2 species)
Footnotes
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
- (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press