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Metasarcidae

Metasarcidae is a family of harvestmen, first described by Adriano B. Kury in 1994.

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Metasarcidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Gonyleptoidea
Family: Metasarcidae
Kury, 1994

Metasarcidae is a family of harvestmen, first described by Adriano B. Kury in 1994.1

Genera

Metasarcidae contains the following seven genera:2

  • Ayacucho Roewer, 1949
  • Huancabamba Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022
  • Incasarcus Kury & Maury, 1998
  • Lumieria Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022
  • Metasarcus Roewer, 1913
  • Tripilatus Roewer, 1932
  • Tschaidicancha Roewer, 1957
References

References

  1. Kury, A. B. (1994). "Early lineages of Gonyleptidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores)". Tropical Zoology. 7: 343–353.
  2. Kury, A. B.; et al. (2023). "World Catalogue of Opiliones". WCO-Lite version 2.5.1. Retrieved 15 February 2023.