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Neopilionid Harvestmen

Neopilionidae
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Summary

The Neopilionidae are a family of harvestmen. It has a clearly Gondwanan distribution, with species found in Australia, South Africa and South America, and probably represent relicts of that time. The family members range in size from the small Americovibone lancafrancoae (0.9 mm) to over 4 mm in the Enantiobuninae. Some species of Enantiobuninae have blue pigmentation, which is rather unusual in harvestmen.

Neopilionid Harvestmen

Neopilionidae
Local Pest Control

Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Arachnida
order: Opiliones

Name

The family name is a contraction of Ancient Greek neo "new" and Latin Opilio, a genus of harvestman.

Subdivisions

According to the Catalogue of Life, Neopilionidae includes three subfamilies, which contain a total of 19 genera and 78 species. - Ballarrinae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 - Americovibone Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 - Arrallaba Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 - Ballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 - Plesioballarra Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 - Vibone Kauri, 1961 - Enantiobuninae Mello-Leitão, 1931 - Acihasta Forster, 1948 - Australiscutum Taylor, 2009 - Forsteropsalis Taylor, 2011 - Mangatangi Taylor, 2013 - Megalopsalis Roewer, 1923 - Monoscutum Forster, 1948 - Neopantopsalis Taylor & Hunt, 2009 - Pantopsalis Simon, 1879 - Spinicrus Forster, 1949 - Templar Taylor, 2008 - Tercentenarium Taylor, 2011 - Thrasychiroides Soares & Soares, 1947 - Thrasychirus Simon, 1884 - Neopilioninae Lawrence, 1931 - Neopilio Lawrence, 1931