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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Palpatores » Phalangioidea » Sclerosomatidae

Family Sclerosomatidae

Classification · Identification · Range
Harvestmen mating - Leiobunum politum - male - female Which harvestman, please? Harvestman? - Leiobunum Daddy Long Legs Leiobunum 2312 - Leiobunum Harvestman ID? - Leiobunum vittatum Leiobunum townsendi Harvestman - Dorsal Body - Leiobunum vittatum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Suborder Palpatores
Superfamily Phalangioidea
Family Sclerosomatidae
Identification
At the end of each pedipalp there is a small, toothed claw on the tarsus. Also, the dorsal surface tends to be unornamented, and the body not especially sclerotized.
Range
Throughout the USA and Canada
Contributed by Christopher Hunt on 12 October, 2005 - 3:33pm
Additional contributions by charles_stephen
Last updated 19 February, 2009 - 8:19pm

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