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Synthetonychiidae

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Synthetonychiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Insidiatores
Superfamily: Triaenonychoidea
Family: Synthetonychiidae
Forster, 1954
Type genus
Synthetonychia
Forster, 1954
Diversity
1 genus, 14 species

The Synthetonychiidae are a small family of harvestman with a handful of species in a single genus.[1] They are endemic to New Zealand.

Description

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Species in this family are between one and two millimeters long, with legs up to almost six mm.[2]

Distribution

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All described species occur only on New Zealand.[2]

Relationships

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Synthetonychiidae seem to be closely related to the Triaenonychidae from the Australian region.[2]

Name

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The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek synthetos "compounded" and onychion, the diminutive of onyx "claw".[2]

Species

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In Synthetonychia Forster, 1954:

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Synthetonychiidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Synthetonychiidae. Forster, 1954. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 239ff

References

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  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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