Travuniidae

The Travuniidae are a small family of harvestman with little more than ten described species, within the suborder Laniatores.

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Travuniidae

Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
Species

see text

Diversity
9 genera, > 10 species

Description

Travuniidae are at the most three millimeters long, with slender, unarmed legs and robust, strongly spined pedipalps.[1]

Distribution

Travuniidae have been found in Europe, Japan and the United States. Although some were described from Slovenia, these records proved to be erroneous.[1]

Relationships

Travuniidae are most closely related to Cladonychiidae; it is even possible that Travuniidae is paraphyletic in respect to this family.[1]

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from the Latin name of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Species

Peltonychiinae

  • Peltonychia leprieurii (Lucas, 1860) — Buco Dell'Orso (cave, northern Italy)
  • Peltonychia posteumicola (Roewer, 1935)
  • Peltonychia gabria Roewer, 1935
  • Peltonychia tenuis Roewer, 1935

Travuniinae

  • Abasola Strand, 1928
  • Abasola troglodytes (Roewer, 1915)Dalmatia
  • Abasola sarea Roewer, 1935Pyrenees
  • Abasola hofferi Silhavy, 1937 — Yugoslavia
  • Arbasus caecus (Simon, 1911) — southern France
  • Dinaria Hadzi, 1932 — palearctic
  • Kratochvíliola Roewer, 1935 — palearctic
  • Kratochvíliola navarica Roewer, 1935

incertae sedis

  • Yuria Suzuki, 1964 — Japan
  • Yuria pulcra Suzuki, 1964
  • Yuria pulcra pulcra Suzuki, 1964
  • Yuria pulcra briggsi Suzuki, 1975
  • Buemarinoa patrizii Roewer, 1956Sardinia

Footnotes

  1. Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Travuniidae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 237ff

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Travuniidae
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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