Genus Eumesosoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References

Male with characters - Eumesosoma roeweri - male

E. roeweri - Eumesosoma roeweri - female

Sclerosomatidae: Eumesosoma? - Eumesosoma roeweri

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)

Suborder Eupnoi

Superfamily Phalangioidea

Family Sclerosomatidae

Genus Eumesosoma

Explanation of Names

Eumesosoma Cokendolpher 1980

Numbers

6 spp. total

Identification

Femur of leg I shorter than length of body; body hard and granulose dorsally, oval in shape

Range

central and southeastern US; the widespread E. roeweri occurs N from TX in the Great Plains states

Habitat

Forests, grasslands, often under debris

Print References

Cokendolpher, J.C. (1980) Replacement name for Mesosoma Weed, 1892, with a revision of the genus (Opiliones, Phalangiidae, Leiobuninae). Occasional Papers of The Museum, Texas Tech University, 66, 1–19. (online PDF)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 February, 2009 - 9:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mhedin
Last updated 24 June, 2016 - 9:08am

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