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Stylocellidae

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Stylocellidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder: Boreophthalmi
Family: Stylocellidae
Hansen & Sørensen, 1904
Genera

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Diversity
6 genera, c. 40 species

The Stylocellidae are a family of harvestmen with about 40 described species, all of which occur in Southern or Southeastern Asia.[1] Members of this family are from one to seven millimeters long. While Stylocellus species have eyes, these are absent in the other two genera.[2]

Name

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The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek stylos "pillar" and Latin ocellus "eye", referring to the elongated shape of the animal, compared to Sironidae, and the presence of eyes.[2]

Species

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For complete breakdown, see the following (as of 2023):[1]

For a broader recent listing of species see:

Fangensinae

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Leptopsalidinae

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Stylocellinae

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Stylocellidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Stylocellidae. Hansen & Sørensen, 1904. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 104ff

Further reading

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  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Schwendinger, P.J. & Giribet, G. (2005): The systematics of the south-east Asian genus Fangensis Rambla, 1994 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi: Stylocellidae). Invertebrate Systematics 19: 297–323.
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