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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Dyspnoi » Ischyropsalidoidea » Sabaconidae

Family Sabaconidae

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Unknown Opilionid - Sabacon harvestman photo #3207 - Sabacon - male Sabacon of Wahkiakum - Sabacon Sabacon of Wahkiakum - Sabacon Sabacon of Wahkiakum - Sabacon Harvestman - Sabacon cavicolens Sabacon sp. - Beaverton, OR - Sabacon Genus Protolophus? - Sabacon - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Suborder Dyspnoi
Superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea
Family Sabaconidae
Numbers
8 species in US & Canada
Identification
Pedipalps with bottlebrush setae. The pedipalpal tarsus (=terminal segment) is short and reflexed upwards against the longer tibia (often, but not always).
Range
in US & Canada:
eastern taxa - S. cavicolens, S. mitchelli
western taxa - S. astoriensis, S. briggsi, S. bryantii, S. occidentalis, S. sheari, S. siskiyou
Print References
Cokendolpher, J.C. (1984b) A new species of Sabacon Simon from Oregon (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sabaconidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62(5), 989–991. (online PDF)

Schönhofer AL, M McCormack, N Tsurusaki, J Martens and M Hedin. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the harvestmen genus Sabacon (Arachnida: Opiliones: Dyspnoi) reveals multiple Eocene-Oligocene intercontinental dispersal events in the Holarctic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66, 303-315. (online PDF)

Shear, W.A. (1975) The opilionid genera Sabacon and Tomicomerus in America (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Ischyropsalidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 3(1), 5–29. (online PDF)
Contributed by tom murray on 9 February, 2008 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by mhedin
Last updated 11 January, 2017 - 10:32am

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