Paranonychus Explained

Paranonychus is a genus of harvestman in the family Paranonychidae. There are at least three described species in Paranonychus.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Paranonychus:

• Paranonychus brunneus (Banks, 1893), found from Oregon north to Alaska.
• Paranonychus concolor Briggs, 1971, found in a single location in the Oregon Cascade range.
• Paranonychus fuscus, found throughout northern Honshu in Japan.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychin.... 2008. Shear . William A.. Derkarabetian . Shahan. Zootaxa. 1809. 1. 67–68. 10.11646/zootaxa.1809.1.5.