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Neopilionidae
Megalopsalis by NZW
Megalopsalis sp. - New Zealand - from flickr. Photo copyright © New Zealand Wild [Steve Reekie]]]

Suborder

Eupnoi

Superfamily

Phalangioidea

Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931 is a family of Eupnoi Phalangioidea, distributed in the Southern Temperate regions of the world, and is divided into three subfamilies: Neopilioninae, Enantiobuninae and Ballarrinae. Has more than 60 described species (Kury 2013[1]; Taylor 2011[2], 2013a[3]; 2013b[4]) of southern Hemispheric-Gondwanan distribution.

Included subfamilies[]

Ballarrinae Hunt & Cokendolpher, 1991 (Australasian, Neotropical, Afrotropical – 10 species)
Enantiobuninae Mello-Leitão, 1931 (Australasian, Neotropical – 52 species)
Neopilioninae Lawrence, 1931 (Afrotropical – 2 species)


References[]

  1. Kury, A.B. (2013a) Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa, 3703(1), 27–33. [Issued 30 Aug. 2013].
  2. Taylor, C.K. (2011) Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa, 2773, 1–65.
  3. Taylor, C.K. (2013a) Further notes on New Zealand Enantiobuninae (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of a new genus and two new species. ZooKeys, 263, 59–73.
  4. Taylor, C.K. (2013c) Further revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Opiliones, Neopilionidae), with the description of seven new species. ZooKeys, 328, 59–117.


Eupnoi Classification
Incertae sedis
Not assigned to any family Brigantibunum | †Daohugopilio | †Macrogyion | Hesperopilio
Superfamily Caddoidea
Family Caddidae Caddo
Superfamily Phalangioidea
Not assigned to family Cheiromachus | †Milipurcellia | Mitopiella | †Petrunkevitchiana
Family †Kustarachnidae Kustarachne
Family Neopilionidae Subfamily Ballarrinae Americovibone | Arrallaba | Ballarra | Plesioballarra | Vibone
Subfamily Enantiobuninae Acihasta | Australiscutum | Forsteropsalis | Hypomegalopsalis | Mangatangi | Megalopsalis | Monoscutum | Neopantopsalis | Pantopsalis | Spinicrus | Templar | Tercentenarium | Thrasychiroides | Thrasychirus


Subfamily Neopilioninae Neopilio
Family Phalangiidae Not assigned to subfamily Stephanobunus
Dicranopalpus genus group Amilenus | Dicranopalpus
Subfamily Oligolophinae Lacinius | Mitopus | Odiellus | Oligolophus | Paralacinius | Paroligolophus | Roeweritta
Subfamily Opilioninae Bidentolophus | Egaenus | Gricenkovia| Himalphalangium | Homolophus | Mizozatus | Opilio | Pamiropilio | Redikorcevia | Scleropilio
Subfamily Phalangiinae Bunochelis | Camerobunus | Coptophalangium | Cristina | Dacnopilio | Dasylobus | Graecophalangium | Guruia | Hindreus | Kalliste |Lenkoraniella | Leptobunus | Liopilio | Liropilio |Megistobunus | Metadasylobus |Metaphalangium | Odontobunus | Parascleropilio | Phalangium | Ramblinus | Rhampsinitus | Rilaena | Taurolaena | Tchapinius | Zachaeus
Subfamily Platybuninae Acanthomegabunus | Bolea | Buresilia | Lophopilio | Megabunus | Metaplatybunus | Platybunoides | Platybunus | Rafalskia | Stankiella
Family Protolophidae Protolophus
Family Sclerosomatidae Not assigned to subfamily Mesobunus
Subfamily Gagrellinae Abaetetuba | Adungrella | Aguilaia | Akalpia | Altobunus | Amazonesia | Antigrella | Aurivilliola | Azucarella | Bakerinulus | Bastia | Bastioides | Baturitia | Bellonia | Biceropsis | Bonthainia | Bullobunus | Caluga | Cardenalia | Carinobius | Carmenia | Carmichaelus | Ceratobunellus | Ceratobunoides | Ceratobunus | Cervibunus | Chasenella | Chebabius | Coonoora | Dentobunus | Diangathia | Echinobunus | Euceratobunus | Eugagrella | Euzaleptus | Fesa | Gagrella | Gagrellenna | Gagrellina | Gagrellissa | Gagrellopsis | Gagrellula | Geaya | Globulosoma | Guaranobunus | Hamitergum | Harmanda | Harmandina | Hehoa | Heterogagrella | Hexazaleptus | Hexomma | Himaldroma | Himalzaleptus | Holcobunus | Holmbergiana | Hologagrella | Hypogrella | Hypsibunus | Jussara | Koyamaia | Krusa | Krusella | Liopagus | Marthana | Melanopa | Melanopella | Melanopula | Metadentobunus | Metahehoa | Metasyleus | Metaverpulus | Metazaleptus | Microzaleptus | Mucuya | Munequita | Neogagrella | Nepalgrella | Nepalkanchia | Obigrella | Octozaleptus | Onostemma | Oobunus | Orissula | Padangrella | Palniella | Paradentobunus | Paragagrella | Paragagrellina | Parageaya | Paraumbogrella | Paruleptes | Pectenobunus | Pergagrella | Pokhara | Prionostemma | Prodentobunus | Psammogeaya | Psathyropus | Pseudarthromerus | Pseudogagrella | Pseudomelanopa | Pseudosystenocentrus | Romerella | Sarasinia | Sataria | Scotomenia | Sericicorpus | Sinadroma | Syleus | Syngagrella | Systenocentrus | Tamboicus | Taperina | Tetraceratobunus | Toragrella | Trachyrhinus | Umbogrella | Umbopilio | Vaho | Valle | Varinodulia | Verpulus | Verrucobunus | Xerogrella | Zaleptiolus | Zaleptulus | Zaleptus
Subfamily Gyinae Gyas | Gyoides | Rongsharia
Subfamily Leiobuninae Amauropilio | Cosmobunus | Dilophiocara | Eumesosoma | Eusclera | Goasheer | Hadrobunus | Leiobunum | Leuronychus | Microliobunum | Nelima | Paranelima | Schenkeliobunum | Togwoteeus
Metopilio genus group Dalquestia | Diguetinus | Eurybunus | Globipes | Metopilio | Lanthanopilio
Subfamily Sclerosomatinae Astrobunus | Granulosoma | Homalenotus | Mastobunus | Metasclerosoma | Pseudastrobunus | Pseudohomalenotus | Pygobunus
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