Pachylinae

Pachylinae
Lacronia ceci Kury & Orrico, 2006, from Brazil.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Gonyleptidae
Subfamily: Pachylinae
Sørensen, 1884
Genera

See text for list.

Pachylinae is the most diverse subfamily of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae, including around 400 valid species. Major groups of species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, Bolivian/Peruvian highlands, Argentina, and Chilean temperate forest.

Genera

Currently, 129 genera are recognised:

References

  1. ↑ A. B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.
  2. ↑ Jim Amrine (2003). "Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833:34". Bibliography of the Eriophyidae: a working bibliography of the literature on Eriophyidae of the world, version 1.0. Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Özdikmen, H. (2006). "Nomenclatural changes for some Laniatores (Opiliones) genera: New substitute names and new combinations" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 1 (1): 63–68.