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Prostygnidae

Prostygnidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.

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Prostygnidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Superfamily: Gonyleptoidea
Family: Prostygnidae
Roewer, 1913
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Prostygnidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.1

References

References

  1. Kury, A. B. (1994). "The genus Yania Roewer, 1919, and other presumed Tricommatidae from South American highlands (Opiliones, Cranaidae, Prostygninae)". Revue Arachnologique. 10 (7): 137–145.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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