Family Paranonychidae

Classification · Range · Habitat · Print References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Suborder Laniatores (Armoured harvestmen)

Superfamily Travunioidea

Family Paranonychidae

Range

In North America:

Metanonychus - northern California, Oregon, Idaho

Paranonychus - Oregon, Washington, northwards

Sclerobunus - most western states except for California & Nevada

Zuma - California

Habitat

Most species prefer well established forests, and are found under superficial woody debris. Some Sclerobunus species are found only in caves

Print References

Briggs TS 1971 The harvestmen of family Triaenonychidae in North America (Opiliones). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 90, 1–43. (online PDF)

Derkarabetian S & M Hedin. 2014. Integrative taxonomy and species delimitation in harvestmen: A revision of the western North American genus Sclerobunus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Travunioidea). PLoS ONE 9(8): e104982. (online PDF)

Kury AB, Mendes AC, Souza DR. World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores – Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2014;(2):e4094. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. (online PDF)

Contributed by marshal hedin on 19 June, 2016 - 9:42am
Last updated 7 January, 2017 - 10:09am

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