What appears to be a Harvestman with curious structures - Phalangium opilio

Moved

… Charles Stephen, 17 February, 2009 - 3:32pm

Definitely Phalangium opilio

Family Phalangiidae, Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1758. Also, it's a male.

The chelicerae are the most central bits sticking out toward the front: these "cheliceral horns" are an easy way to identify the males of this European invader species in the field (females don't have horns on their chelicerae).

… Charles Stephen, 17 February, 2009 - 2:15pm

Thanks!

It's wonderful to have someone with some opiliones expertise on the site. Since you're an editor, you can move this image to the species page if you'd like...

… Ken Schneider, 17 February, 2009 - 2:20pm

Moved to Phalangium opilio

Glad to be of help. :)

… Charles Stephen, 17 February, 2009 - 3:33pm

Harvestman

You might want to unlink this from that sheetweb spider image. Only images of the same individual should be linked. :)

Very much resembles Phalangium opilio

Compare:

The protuberances are his chelicerae, which are distinct in the males on this species.

The "extra legs" are his pedipalps.

… Jebus31, 30 August, 2008 - 1:57pm

Moving -

to harvestman page for now. Let me know if you're confident of the ID, Jebus, and we can move to genus or species page?

… Ken Schneider, 23 September, 2008 - 11:51am

I'm not an expert, and I don'

I'm not an expert, and I don't deal with harvestmen often, but I'm not aware of any other species with these features. Might still be good to wait for an expert.

… Jebus31, 23 September, 2008 - 12:03pm

Harvestman

Thanks for the info. Very interesting, and look forward to learning more.

… Rocky, 30 August, 2008 - 3:39pm