Cryptomastridae Explained

Cryptomastridae is a family of armoured harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are two genera and four described species in Cryptomastridae, found in Oregon and Idaho.

The members of Cryptomastridae were formerly members of the family Cladonychiidae.

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Cryptomastridae:

• Cryptomaster Briggs, 1969
• Speleomaster Briggs, 1974

Further reading

• Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America. 2010. Derkarabetian . Shahan. Steinmann . David B.. Hedin . Marshal. PLOS ONE. 5. 5. e10388. 10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. 2010PLoSO...510388D. 2866537. 20479884. free.
• Evolutionary Biology of Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). 2015. Giribet . Gonzalo. Sharma . Prashant P.. Annual Review of Entomology. 60. 157–175. 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021028. 25341103.
• A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores. 2010. Giribet . Gonzalo. Vogt . Lars. González . Abel P.érez. Sharma . Prashant. Kury . Adriano B.. 4. Cladistics. 26. 4. 408–437. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x. 84058161. free.
• Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness. 2011. Kury . Adriano Brilhante. Zhang . Zhi-Qiang. Zootaxa. 3148. 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.17. 978-1-86977-849-1. 1175-5326.
• World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. 2014. Kury . Adriano B.. Mendes . Amanda Cruz. Souza . Daniele R.. Biodiversity Data Journal. . 2. e4094. 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. 4238074. 25425936. free.