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Sironidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Siro sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder: Boreophthalmi
Family: Sironidae
Simon, 1879
Diversity
8 genera, > 30 species
Synonyms

Sironides

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan.[1]

Name

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".[1]

Species

  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus (Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova)

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha et al. 2007: 102f
  2. ^ Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. Zootaxa 1330: 27-42. PDF

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Sironidae
  • Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9

Further reading

  • Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(3): 554-567. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004