Siro (harvestman) explained

Siro is a genus of mite harvestmen in the family Sironidae with 7 described species (6 extant, 1 extinct). All are found in Europe.

Description

The genus Siro was described by Latreille, 1795 with the type species Siro rubens Latreille, 1802 only later designated (by subsequent monotypy).

Species

These 7 species (including one extinct species) belong to the genus Siro: (after Giribet & Shear, 2010)

• Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956Poland, Slovakia
• Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006Slovenia
• Siro franzi Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022Austria
• Siro ozimeci Karaman, 2022Croatia
• Siro rubens Latreille, 1804France
• Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990Italy
• [Also see † ''[[Siro platypedibus]] Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)]

Many species once placed in Siro have since transferred to other genera, including:
To Arhesiro:

• Siro clousi Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro sonoma Shear, 1980

To Holosiro:

• Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923)
• Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro shasta Giribet & Shear, 2010

To Neosiro:

• Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963
• Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943)

Further reading

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