Zalmoxidae

References

Taxonavigation: Zalmoxoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Laniatores Infraordo: Grassatores Superfamilia: Zalmoxoidea

Familia: Zalmoxidae
Genera: Absonus – Acanthominua – Araguita – Avilaia – Azulitaia – Buruquelia – Carayaca – Cersa – Chamaia – Chirimena – Cubiria – Curimaguanus – Ethobunus – Euminua – Euminuoides – Galanomma – Garanhunsa – Granulaia – Guagonia – Guayania – Haitonia – Heteroscotolemon – Ignacianulus – Jajinia – Junquito – Micro – Minuides – Mitraia – Neobabrius – Neocea – Oo – Opilioparamo – Orituco – Pachylicus – Panaquire – Panopiliops – Paraminuella – Parascotolemon – Phalangodinella – Phalangoduna – Pijiguaia – Pilosa – Pirassunungoleptes – Protodiasia – Pseudominua – Pyropharynx – Retropedis – Sivianus – Soledadiella – Sphoeroforma – Spiniella – Stygnoleptes – Taguaza – Timoleon – Tiara – Timoleon – Traiania – Unare – Unicornia – Urachiche – Venezuelana – Viacha – Weyrauchiana – Yacambuia – Zalmoxis

Else: Cea – [=Neocea]; Cochirapha – [=Phalangodella]

Name

Zalmoxidae Sørensen, 1886: 63.
- Type genus: Zalmoxis Sørensen, 1886. Type species Zalmoxis robustus Sørensen, 1886, by subsequent designation: Roewer 1949: 20.

Synonyms

Minuidinae Mello-Leitão, 1933: 101
Stygnoleptinae Soares, 1972: 68

References

Primary references

Sørensen W.E., 1886. Opiliones. In: Koch, L.C.C. & Keyserling, E. von (Eds.) Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol. [Theil] 2, fascicle [Lieferung] 33. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 53–86, plates 5–6. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 Reference page.

Additional references

Kury, A.B., García, A.F. & Ahumada-Cabarcas, D. 2023. A new genus of Zalmoxoidea from Colombia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Grassatores). The Journal of Arachnology 51(1): 37-45. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-070. . Reference page.
Pérez-González, A. 2011. New familial assignment for two harvestmen species of the infraorder Grassatores (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa 2757: 1–24. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2757.1.2 Reference page.
Sharma, P.P. 2012: New Australasian Zalmoxidae (Opiliones: Laniatores) and a new case of male polymorphism in Opiliones. Zootaxa, 3236: 1–35. Preview
Sharma, P.P.; Kury, A.B.; Giribet, G. 2011: Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species. Zootaxa, 2972: 37–58. Preview
Sharma, P.P., Buenavente, P.A.C., Clouse, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Giribet, G. 2012. Forgotten gods: Zalmoxidae of the Philippines and Borneo (Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa 3280: 29–55. Preview Reference page.
Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M.A. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page. [accessed on January 11, 2024]

Vernacular names

English: mite harvestmen

Links

BHL bibliography
Zalmoxidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Zalmoxidae.
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