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 Magnispina neptunus Mendes, 2011 (Gonyleptidae, Heteropachylinae) male. Brazil - from Laboratory of arthropod behavior and evolution. Copyright © Glauco Machado. Used with permission. | |
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Gonyleptoidea (Sundevall, 1833) is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,000 species distributed in the Neotropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapically in the truncus. [Kury 2003].
Families included[]
The composition of the superfamily Gonyleptoidea often changes, one should refer to WCO-Lite for updated info.
As of June 2022, the Gonyleptoidea comprise the following subtaxa:
- Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973 (Neotropical – 75 species)
- Askawachidae Kury & Carvalho, 2020 (Amzonia - 3 species)
- Cosmetidae Koch, 1839 (Neotropical, Nearctic – 729 species)
- Cranaidae Roewer, 1913 (Neotropical – 169 species)
- Cryptogeobiidae Kury, 2014 (Neotropical - 54 species)
- Gerdesiidae Bragagnolo, Hara & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2015 (Neotropical - 6 species)
- Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833 (Neotropical – 760 species)
- Manaosbiidae Roewer, 1943 (Neotropical – 47 species)
- Metasarcidae Kury, 1994 (Neotropical - 22 species]
- Nomoclastidae Roewer, 1943 (Neotropical - 6 species)
- Otilioleptidae Acosta, 2019 (cave in Argentina - 1 species)
- Stygnidae Simon, 1879 (Neotropical – 104 species)
- Stygnopsidae Sørensen, 1932 (Neotropical – 40 species)
Gallery[]
![Agoristenidae - Avima sp - female - Colombia - Photo copyright © Arthur Anker [1], from flickr [2]. Used with permission..](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/opiliones/images/b/ba/Avima_sp_-_female_-_Colombia_-_by_Arthur_Anker.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/270?cb=20130929191138 "Agoristenidae (616 KB)")
Agoristenidae - Avima sp - female - Colombia - Photo copyright © Arthur Anker [1], from flickr [2]. Used with permission..
![Cosmetidae - Sibambea sp., Ecuador. Photo copyright © Arthur Anker [3]. Used with permission.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/opiliones/images/7/7a/Sibambea_jason_2_-_Yasuni_NP%2C_Ecuador.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20140504184628 "Cosmetidae (326 KB)")
Cosmetidae - Sibambea sp., Ecuador. Photo copyright © Arthur Anker [3]. Used with permission.
Cranaidae - Phareicranaus gracilis (Pinto-da-Rocha & Kury, 2003) - Ecuador - from flickr. Copyright © Arthur Anker. Used with permission.
Cryptogeobiidae - Pseudophalangodes unicolor Roewer, 1912 from Brazil, photo by A.B. Kury. Used with permission.
![Gerdesiidae - Gerdesius paruensis (H. Soares, 1970) - Brazil - photo from Bragagnolo et al. (2015)[2]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/opiliones/images/e/e6/Gerdesius_paruensis_male_from_Bragagnolo_et_al_2015.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/209?cb=20180115144053 "Gerdesiidae (310 KB)")
Gerdesiidae - Gerdesius paruensis (H. Soares, 1970) - Brazil - photo from Bragagnolo et al. (2015)[2]
Gonyleptidae - Metarthrodes longipes (B. Soares, 1945) - Brazil - from Laboratory of arthropod behavior and evolution - cropped. Copyright © Glauco Machado. Used with permission.
![Manaosbiidae - Saramacia lucasae(Jim & Soares, 1991), male. Manaus. From flickr [4] Copyright © Sidclay Dias [5]. Used with permission.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/opiliones/images/6/68/Manaosbia_scopulata_by_Sidclay_Dias.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20130422020513 "Manaosbiidae (822 KB)")
Manaosbiidae - Saramacia lucasae(Jim & Soares, 1991), male. Manaus. From flickr [4] Copyright © Sidclay Dias [5]. Used with permission.
Metasarcidae - Incasarcus dianae Kury & Maury, 1998. Adult male, from Cusco, Peru. Photo Copyright © Arthur Anker & Pedro H. Martins. Used with permission.
![Stygnidae - Protimesius sp., Manaus. From flickr [6]. Copyright © Sidclay Dias. Used with permission.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/opiliones/images/1/1a/Protimesius_longipalpis_%28Roewer%2C_1943%29_by_Sidclay.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20130429124339 "Stygnidae (396 KB)")
Stygnopsidae - Paramitraceras sp. - Honduras - from flickr. Copyright © asnyder5 Andrew Snyder
Zamorinae - Zamora granulata Roewer, 1928, male from Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. Photo copyright © A.B. Kury. Used with permission.
References[]
- ↑ Kury, A.B. (2000 onwards) Classification of Opiliones. Museu Nacional/UFRJ website. Online at: http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/opiliones.html
- ↑ Bragagnolo, C., Hara, M. R. and Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2015), A new family of Gonyleptoidea from South America (Opiliones, Laniatores). Zool J Linn Soc, 173: 296–319. doi:10.1111/zoj.12207