Globipedidae Explained

The harvestman family Globipedidae is a small lineage comprising 6 genera and some 33 species. They occur in various parts of North America and Central America. They were formerly included as a subfamily of Sclerosomatidae.^[1]

Genera

• Dalquestia Cokendolpher, 1984USA, Mexico (6 species)
• Diguetinus Roewer, 1912Mexico (Jalisco) (1 species)
• Eurybunus Banks, 1893USA (Western States), (4 species)
• Globipes Banks, 1893USA, Mexico (3 species)
• Lanthanopilio Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984Costa Rica (1 species)
• Metopilio Roewer, 1911Mexico and Central America (18 species)

Further reading

• (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.

Notes and References

1. Kury, A.B. & J.C. Cokendolpher (2020). Chapter 9. A new family from the New World (Eupnoi: Phalangioidea). In: WCO-Lite: Online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0 — Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018 (Kury et al., Ed.): 52-54.