Siro (harvestman)

Siro is a genus of mite harvestmen in the family Sironidae with 7 described species (6 extant, 1 extinct). All are found in Europe.

Description

The genus Siro was described by Latreille, 1795 with the type species Siro rubens Latreille, 1802 only later designated (by subsequent monotypy).

Species

These 7 species (including one extinct species) belong to the genus Siro: (after Giribet & Shear, 2010)

• Siro carpaticus <small>Rafalski, 1956</small>Poland, Slovakia
• Siro crassus <small>Novak & Giribet, 2006</small>Slovenia
• Siro franzi <small>Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022</small>Austria
• Siro ozimeci <small>Karaman, 2022</small>Croatia
• Siro rubens <small>Latreille, 1804</small>France
• Siro valleorum <small>Chemini, 1990</small>Italy
• [Also see † Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)]

<br/> Many species once placed in Siro have since transferred to other genera, including:<br /> To Arhesiro:

• Siro clousi <small>Giribet & Shear, 2010</small>
• Siro sonoma <small>Shear, 1980</small>

To Holosiro:

• Siro acaroides <small>(Ewing, 1923)</small>
• Siro calaveras <small>Giribet & Shear, 2010</small>
• Siro shasta <small>Giribet & Shear, 2010</small>

To Neosiro:

• Siro boyerae <small>Giribet & Shear, 2010</small>
• Siro exilis <small>Hoffman, 1963</small>
• Siro kamiakensis <small>(Newell, 1943)</small>

References

Further reading

• (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.

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