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(Redirected from Oncopodidae) Family of harvestmen

Sandokanidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Superfamily: Phalangodoidea
Family: Sandokanidae
Özdikmen & Kury, 2007
Species

See text for list.

Diversity
5 genera, > 60 species
A black-and-white drawing of an Oncopus truncatus Thorrell, facing right, with 8 legs
Drawing of female Oncopus truncatus Thorrell

Sandokanidae is a family of harvestmen in the suborder Laniatores, formerly referred to as Oncopodidae (the name was replaced because of the secondary homonymy of the type genus Oncopus, replaced by Sandokan; this made the change of family name mandatory)

Name

The name of the type genus is based on the name of a fictional Bornean prince-pirate.

Description

Sandokanidae range in body size from about 2–11 mm. Their legs are relatively short and stout. Most species are amber colored with some dark brown patterns. A few undescribed Gnomulus species are orange.

Distribution

This family is known from Southeast Asia from Indonesia, almost reaching New Guinea on Waigeo, up north into the Himalayan region.

Relationships

Sandokanidae are probably the sister group to all other Grassatores.

Species

  • Sandokan Özdikmen & Kury, 2007

References

  1. ^ Özdikmen, Hüseyin; Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2007). "Replacement Names for Oncopus and Oncopodidae (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Journal of Arachnology. 35 (2): 407–408. doi:10.1636/h05-46.1. S2CID 86046606.
  2. ^ Schwendinger, Peter (2007): Oncopodidae. Kury & Pérez G., 2002. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 211ff
Taxon identifiers
Sandokanidae
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