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Species Vonones sayi

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Suborder Laniatores (Armoured harvestmen)

Family Cosmetidae

Genus Vonones

Species sayi (Vonones sayi)

Explanation of Names

Vonones sayi (Simon, 1879)

sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century

Identification

The two pairs of tubercles on the abdomen are low and inconspicuous in V.sayi, whereas the posterior pair are prominent in V.ornatus, and about four to five times larger than the anterior pair.

Range

from FL to TX, then northwards to IL, IN, OH

Print References

Kury A.B. (2003) Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Rev. Iber. Aracnol., special monographic volume 1. 337 pp.

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Harvestmen of Maryland

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 7 May, 2007 - 8:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mhedin, edanko, Hisserdude, PaleoJon
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 2:09am

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