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Genus Vonones

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Suborder Laniatores (Armoured harvestmen)

Family Cosmetidae

Genus Vonones

Explanation of Names

Vonones Simon 1879

Numbers

2 spp. in our area.

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 (Weed, 1893; see also Banks, 1893, and Cokendolpher and Jones, 1991).

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

https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/arachnid/index.php

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 May, 2005 - 10:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mhedin, Hisserdude
Last updated 2 May, 2020 - 6:55pm

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