Pachylinae

Pachylinae
Sadocus sp. - Chile - from flickr. Copyright © BernardoSegura
Suborder	Laniatores
Superfamily	Gonyleptoidea
Family	Gonyleptidae
Subfamily	Pachylinae

Pachylinae Sørensen, 1884 is the most diverse subfamily of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae, including around 400 valid species (Kury, 2003) . Major groups of species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Bolivian/Peruvian Highlands, Argentina and Chilean Temperate Forest.

Included genera

Due to the artificial nature of Pachylinae, many unrelated genera have been gathered under this name. This is likely to change with gradual recognition of monophyletic units. Currently, 128 genera are recognized in Pachylinae.

Genera A to E

• Acanthopachylopsis Soares & Soares, 1949

• Acanthopachylus Roewer, 1913

• Acanthoprocta Loman, 1899

• Allogonyleptes Roewer, 1917

• Bunoplus Roewer, 1927
• Calcarogyndes Mello-Leitão, 1932
• Chilebalta Roewer, 1961
• Chilegyndes Roewer, 1961
• Corralia Roewer, 1913

• Discocyrtulus Roewer, 1927

• Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878
• Eubalta Roewer, 1923

• Eusarcus Perty, 1833

Genera F to L

• Fonckia Roewer, 1913 (= Diconospelta Canals, 1934)

• Giupponia Pérez & Kury, 2002

• Goodnightiella Soares & Soares , 1946

• Graphinotus C.L. Koch, 1839

• Gyndesoides Mello-Leitão, 1933

• Hypophyllonomus Giltay, 1928

• Iandumoema Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997

• Lacronia Strand, 1942

Genera M to Z

• Metabalta Roewer, 1913
• Metagyndes  Roewer, 1913 
• Nanophareus Roewer, 1929
• Neogonyleptes Roewer, 1913
• Ogloblinia Canals, 1933

• Pachyloides Holmberg, 1878

• Pachylus C.L. Koch, 1839
• Parabalta Roewer , 1913

• Paradiscocyrtus Mello-Leitão, 1927
• Pseudogyndes Mello-Leitão, 1932

• Rhioxyna Soares & Bauab-Vianna, 1970

• Sadocus Sørensen, 1886

• Soaresia H. Soares, 1945
• Spinivunus Roewer, 1943

• Triglochinura Mello-Leitão, 1924

• Ubatubesia B. Soares, 1945
• Triaenomeros Roewer, 1913
• Tumbesia Loman, 1899

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Roeweria virescens by Manuel Antunes.