The harvestman family Globipedidae is a small lineage comprising 6 genera and some 33 species.[1][2] They occur in various parts of North America and Central America.[3][4] They were formerly included as a subfamily of Sclerosomatidae.[5]

Globipedidae
Dalquestia rugosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Globipedidae
Kury & Cokendolpher, 2020
Genera[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Globipedidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Globipedidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Globipedidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Globipedidae". GBIF. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ Kury, A.B. & J.C. Cokendolpher (2020). Chapter 9. A new family from the New World (Eupnoi: Phalangioidea). In: WCO-Lite: Online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0 — Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018 (Kury et al., Ed.): 52-54.

Further reading

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  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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