Metanonychus

Metanonychus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Insidiatores
Superfamily:	Travunioidea
Family:	Paranonychidae
Genus:	Metanonychus Briggs, 1971

Metanonychus is a genus of harvestman in the family Paranonychidae.[1] There are eight described species in Metanonychus, found in the northwestern United States.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Metanonychus:

• Metanonychus cascadus Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus idahoensis Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus mazamus Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus mechanicus Derkarabetian and Hedin, 2019
• Metanonychus navarrus Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus nigricans Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus oregonus Briggs, 1971
• Metanonychus setulus Briggs, 1971

References

1. "Metanonychus". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
2. "Metanonychus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
3. "Metanonychus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
4. "Metanonychus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
5. Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.

Further reading

• Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". PLOS ONE. 5 (5): e10388. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. PMC 2866537. PMID 20479884.
• Giribet, Gonzalo; Vogt, Lars; González, Abel P.érez; Sharma, Prashant; et al. (2010). "A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores". Cladistics. 26 (4): 408–437. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x. S2CID 84058161.
• Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal (2): e4094. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. PMC 4238074. PMID 25425936.

External links

• Data related to Metanonychus at Wikispecies