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See text. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Harvestmen are eight-legged Invertebrate animals belonging to the order Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) in the class Arachnida in the subphylum The Eupnoi are a suborder of Harvestmen, with more than 200 genera and about 1700 described species The Phalangiidae are a family of Harvestmen with about 380 known species In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen Megabunus diadema is a species of Harvestman widely distributed in Europe, where it has been found in Iceland, Faroe Islands, |
Megabunus is a genus of harvestmen with six known recent species. Harvestmen are eight-legged Invertebrate animals belonging to the order Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) in the class Arachnida in the subphylum All occur in Europe, mostly in the vicinity of the Alps.
In Megabunus, the pedipalps are armed with strong ventral spines, especially on the femur, probably to hold fast to prey. Pedipalps, are the second pair of Appendages of the Prosoma in the subphylum Chelicerata. [1]
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Name
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek mega "big" and -bunus, which is a common ending for certain opilionid genera. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c
Species
- Megabunus armatus (Kulczynski, 1887) (Tirols, Slovenia)
- Megabunus bergomas Chemini, 1985 (Italy)
- Megabunus diadema (Fabricius, 1779) (Western Europe)
- Megabunus lesserti Schenkel, 1927 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland; possibly a variation of M. Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Megabunus diadema is a species of Harvestman widely distributed in Europe, where it has been found in Iceland, Faroe Islands, armatus)
- Megabunus rhinoceros (Canestrini, 1872) (Swiss Alps)
- Megabunus vignai Martens, 1978 (Italy)
Footnotes
- ^ Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 327
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
- 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
- Martens, Jochen (1978): Spinnentiere, Arachnida, Weberknechte, Opiliones, ser. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands (Dahl,Friedrich ed. ), vol. 64. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena
External links
- BioImages: Pictures of M. diadema
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