Briggsus

Briggsus is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Cladonychiidae. There are about five described species in Briggsus, found in the coastal forests of Oregon and Washington.[1][2][3][4]

Briggsus
Briggsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Cladonychiidae
Genus: Briggsus
Özdikmen & Demir, 2008

Species

These five species belong to the genus Briggsus:

  • Briggsus bilobatus (Briggs, 1971)
  • Briggsus clavatus (Briggs, 1971)
  • Briggsus flavescens (Briggs, 1971)
  • Briggsus hamatus (Briggs, 1971)
  • Briggsus pacificus (Briggs, 1971)

References

  1. "Briggsus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. "Briggsus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. "Briggsus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.