Trogulidae

Trogulidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Dyspnoi
Superfamily: Troguloidea
Family: Trogulidae
Sundevall, 1833
Genera

Anarthrotarsus
Anelasmocephalus
Calathocratus
Konfiniotis
Platybessobius
Trogulocratus
Trogulus

Diversity
7 genera, c. 45 species
Natural range of Trogulidae

The Trogulidae are a family of harvestmen with about 45 known species.

Members of this species have short legs and live in soil. They have dirt attached to their bodies, to escape predators. Their body length ranges from 2 to 22 mm. The body is in most genera somewhat flattened and leathery. Adults have a small hood, which hides their short chelicerae and pedipalps.[1]

Distribution

Members of this family occur in western and southern Europe, up to western North Africa and the Levant, the Caucasus and northern Iran. Trogulus tricarinatus, a predator of terrestrial snails, has been introduced to eastern North America.[1]

Name

The derivation of the name of the type genus, Trogulus, is not fully understood. The describer Latreille wrote that he named it because it looks like a monkshood. Perrier (1929) however derived the name from Ancient Greek trogein "gnawing", because of the rough, "gnawed-upon" appearance.[1]

Species

  • Trogulus albicerus Sørensen, 1873
  • Trogulus aquaticus Simon, 1879
  • Trogulus banaticus Avram, 1971
  • Trogulus cisalpinus Chemini & Martens, 1988 (Italy)
  • Trogulus coriziformis C. L. Koch, in Hahn & C .L. Koch 1839 (southern Europe, Algeria)
  • Trogulus falcipenis Komposch, 1999 (Austria)
  • Trogulus galasensis Avram, 1971
  • Trogulus graecus Dahl, 1903 (Greece)
  • Trogulus gypseus Simon, 1879 (Israel, Egypt)
  • † Trogulus longipes Haupt, 1956 (fossil: Eocene)
  • Trogulus lusitanicus Giltay, 1932 (Portugal)
  • Trogulus martensi Chemini, 1983 (Italy)
  • Trogulus nepaeformis (Scopoli, 1763) (southern Europe)
  • Trogulus roeweri Avram, 1971
  • Trogulus salfi Lerma, 1949 (Italy)
  • Trogulus setosissmus Roewer, 1940 (Crete)
  • Trogulus sinuosus Sørensen, 1873
  • Trogulus squamatus C. L. Koch, in Hahn & C .L .Koch 1839 (Dalmatia)
  • Trogulus tingiformis C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C. L. Koch 1839
  • Trogulus torosus Simon, 1885 (Dalmatia)
  • Trogulus tricarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (central Europe)
  • Trogulus tricarinatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Trogulus hirtus Dahl, 1903 (Hercegovina)
  • Trogulus uncinatus Gruber, 1973
  • Anelasmocephalus balearicus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Baleares)
  • Anelasmocephalus bicarinatus Simon, 1879 (Algeria, Corsica)
  • Anelasmocephalus brignolii Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Sardinia)
  • Anelasmocephalus calcaneatus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Sicily)
  • Anelasmocephalus cambridgei (Westwood, 1874) (Europe)
  • Anelasmocephalus crassipes (Lucas, 1847) (Algeria)
  • Anelasmocephalus hadzii Martens, 1978 (Austria)
  • Anelasmocephalus lycosinus (Sørensen, 1873) (Italy)
  • Anelasmocephalus oblongus (Sørensen, 1873) (Algeria)
  • Anelasmocephalus osellai Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Italy)
  • Anelasmocephalus pusillus Simon, 1879 (Corsica, Sardinia)
  • Anelasmocephalus pyrenaicus Martens, 1978 (Spain)
  • Anelasmocephalus rufitarsis Simon, 1879 (France)
  • Anelasmocephalus tenuiglandis Martens & Chemini, 1988 (France)
  • Anelasmocephalus tuscus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Italy)
  • Calathocratus africanus (Lucas, 1847) (southern Europe, Algeria)
  • Trogulocratus intermedius Roewer, 1940 (Crete)
  • Trogulocratus rhodiensis Gruber, 1963
  • Trogulocratus tunetanus Roewer, 1950
  • Konfiniotis creticus Roewer, 1940 (Crete)
  • Anarthrotarsus martensi Silhavý, 1967
  • Platybessobius singularis Roewer, 1940 (Crete)
  • Platybessobius caucasicus Silhavý, 1966

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Gruber, Jürgen (2007): Trogulidae Sundevall, 1833. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 157ff

References

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