Taracidae is a family of harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are 4 genera and 23 described species in Taracidae.

Taracidae
Taracus silvestrii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Ischyropsalidoidea
Family: Taracidae
Schönhofer, 2013

Taxonomy

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The Family Taracidae contains the following 23 species (as of 2023), per World Catalog of Opiliones[1][2] From recent overview,[3] and further studies,[4][5] the scheme below is achieved, excluding two additional dubious species named by Roewer (1951) where the identity of his described material is unclear. The genera Crosbycus and Hesperonemastoma are not considered to belong to the family by some,[4] although as a new family has not yet been erected for those genera they are included here.

References

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  1. ^ "Taracidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Taracidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
  4. ^ a b Shear, W.A.; Warfel, J.G. (2016). "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae)". Zootaxa. 4180 (1): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
  5. ^ Shear, W.A. (2018). "Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A." Zootaxa. 4413 (3): 524–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.6. ISSN 1175-5326.

Further reading

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  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.