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Genus Megacina

Megacina schusteri Megacina cockerelli Megacina cockerelli
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Suborder Laniatores (Armoured harvestmen)
Family Phalangodidae
Genus Megacina
Numbers
4 described species
Size
1.2-2.5 mm
Range
North Coast Ranges of California (N of San Francisco), to sw Oregon
foothills of western Sierra Nevada
Print References
Goodnight, CJ & ML Goodnight, 1942. New Phalangodidae (Phalangida) from the United States. American Museum Novitates, New York, 1188: 1-18. (online PDF)

Ubick, D. & Briggs, T.S. (2008) The harvestman family Phalangodidae. 6. Revision of the Siltalcina complex (Opiliones: Laniatores). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 59(1), 1–108. (online PDF)