Caddo (harvestman) explained

Caddo is a genus of harvestmen in the family Caddidae. There are two described species in Caddo. Both species are found in North America and Eastern Asia.

Species

These species belong to the genus Caddo:

• Caddo agilis Banks, 1892USA, Canada, Japan, Russia (Kuril Islands)

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• Caddo pepperella Shear, 1975USA, Japan, South Korea (?)

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• † Caddo dentipalpis (Koch & Berendt) (fossil: Baltic Amber)

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Shultz. J.W.. Regier. J.C.. 2009. Caddo agilis & C. pepperella (Opiliones, Caddidae) diverged phylogenetically before acquiring their disjunct, sympatric distributions in Japan & North America. Journal of Arachnology. 37. 2. 238–240. 10.1636/H08-66.1. 0161-8202. 55746395. en.
• Groh. S.. Giribet. G.. 2015. Polyphyly of Caddoidea, reinstatement of the family Acropsopilionidae in Dyspnoi, and a revised classification system of Palpatores (Arachnida, Opiliones). Cladistics. 31. 3. 277–290. 10.1111/cla.12087. 34772266 . 85408627. 1096-0031. free. en.