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 Acropsopilio chilensis Silvestri, 1904, from Groh & Giribet 2015. | |
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Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 is a genus of Dyspnoi with 6 species and subspecies from Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, USA and Venezuela.
Synonymy[]
- Acropsopilio Silvestri 1904: 254[1]; Mello-Leitão 1938b: 317; Cokendolpher & Lee 1993: 5 [type species: Acropsopilio chilensis Silvestri, 1904, by monotypy].
- Zeopsopilio Forster 1948: 139[2] [type species: Zeopsopilio neozelandiae Forster, 1948; junior subjective synonym of Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 by Shear (1975b)[3]].
Etymology[]
From Greek ἄκρος (topmost) + ὄψ (eye) + pre-existing genus Opilio. Gender masculine.
Placement[]
Acropsopilio originally not included in any family. Silvestri (1904) discussed that the new genus has mixed characters of Eupnoi and Dyspnoi. Made as type of the new family Acropsopilionidae Roewer (1923) in the Dyspnoi. Zeopsopilio originally in Acropsopilionidae.
Species[]
- Acropsopilio australicus Cantrell, 1980 -- Australia.
- Acropsopilio boopis (Crosby, 1904) -- Canada, USA.
- Acropsopilio chilensis Silvestri, 1904 -- Brazil, Chile.
- Acropsopilio chomulae (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948) -- Mexico.
- Acropsopilio neozelandiae (Forster, 1948) -- New Zealand.
- Acropsopilio venezuelensis González-Sponga, 1995 -- Venezuela.
References[]
- ↑ Silvestri, F. (1904) Note arachnologiche II. Descrizione di un nuovo genere di Opilionidi del Chile. Redia: Giornale di Entomologia, Firenze, 2, 254–256 + pl. 23.
- ↑ Forster, R.R. (1948a) A new genus and species of the family Acropsopilionidae (Opiliones) from New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington, 77(1), 139–141.
- ↑ Shear, W.A. (1975b) [1974] The opilionid family Caddidae in North America, with notes on species from other regions (Opiliones, Palpatores, Caddoidea). The Journal of Arachnology, 2(2), 65–88.
| Dyspnoi Classification |
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| Not assigned to family | †Ameticos | †Echinopustulatus | |
| Superfamily Acropsopilionoidea | ||
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| Family Acropsopilionidae | Acropsopilio | Austropsopilio | Caddella | |
| Family †Halithersidae | †Halitherses | |
| Superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea | ||
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| Family Ischyropsalididae | ||
| Subfamily Ceratolasmatinae | Acuclavella | Ceratolasma | |
| Subfamily Ischyropsalidinae | Ischyropsalis | |
| Family Sabaconidae | Sabacon | |
| Family Taracidae | Crosbycus | Hesperonemastoma | Taracus | |
| Superfamily Troguloidea | ||
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| Family Dicranolasmatidae | Dicranolasma | |
| Family †Eotrogulidae | †Eotrogulus | |
| Family Nemastomatidae
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Subfamily Nemastomatinae | Acromitostoma |
Carinostoma | Caucnemastoma | Centetostoma | Giljarovia | Hadzinia | Histricostoma | Mediostoma | Mitostoma | Nemaspela | Nemastoma | Nemastomella | Paranemastoma | Pyza | Saccarella | Starengovia | Vestiferum |
| Subfamily Ortholasmatinae | Cladolasma | Dendrolasma | Martensolasma | Ortholasma | Trilasma | |
| Family †Nemastomoididae | †Nemastomoides | |
| Family Nipponopsalididae | Nipponopsalis | |
| Family Trogulidae | Anarthrotarsus | Anelasmocephalus | Calathocratus | Kofiniotis | Trogulus | |