Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 60 described species.[ 1]
The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America . The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan .[ 2]
Name
Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron " .[ 2]
Species
Below is from "World Catalog of Opiliones" (as of early 2024, after transfer of Parasiro [ 1] List of Cyphophthalmi species#Boreophthalmi
Cyphophthalmus beschkovi (Mitov, 1994) – Bulgaria Cyphophtalmus bithynicus (Gruber, 1969) – Turkey Cyphophthalmus conocephalus Karaman, 2009 – Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyphophthalmus corfuanus (Kratochvíl, 1938) – Greece Cyphophtalmus duricorius Joseph, 1868 – Austria , Albania , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Slovenia , Italy Cyphophtalmus eratoae (Juberthie, 1968) – Greece Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2008 – Serbia Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933) – North Macedonia Cyphophthalmus gordani Karaman, 2009 – Montenegro Cyphophthalmus hlavaci Karaman, 2009 – Croatia Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973) – Kosovo - caveCyphophthalmus kratochvili Karaman, 2009 – Croatia Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2008 – (?) Serbia Cyphophthalmus martensi Karaman, 2009 – Montenegro Cyphophthalmus minutus (Kratochvíl, 1938) – Montenegro , Croatia - caveCyphophthalmus montenegrinus (Hadzi, 1973) – Montenegro Cyphophthalmus neretvanus Karaman, 2009 – Croatia Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus (Kratochvíl, 1940) – Croatia - caveCyphophthalmus nonveilleri Karaman, 2008 – Serbia - caveCyphophthalmus ognjenovici Karaman, 2009 – Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyphophthalmus ohridanus (Hadzi, 1973) – North Macedonia - caveCyphophthalmus paradoxus (Kratochvíl, 1958) – Bulgaria Cyphophthalmus paragamiani Karaman, 2009 – Greece Cyphophthalmus rumijae Karaman, 2009 – Montenegro Cyphophthalmus serbicus (Hadzi, 1973) – Serbia Cyphophthalmus silhavyi (Kratochvíl, 1938) – Croatia - caveCyphophthalmus solentiensis Dreszer, Raða & Giribet, 2015 – Croatia Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi (Kratochvíl, 1938) – Croatia - caveCyphophthalmus thracicus Karaman, 2009 – Bulgaria Cyphophthalmus trebinjanus Karaman, 2009 – Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyphophthalmus yalovensis (Gruber, 1969) – Turkey Cyphophthalmus zetae Karaman, 2009 – Montenegro Neosiro boyerae (Giribet & Shear, 2010) – USA (Washington , Oregon )Neosiro exilis (Hoffman, 1963) – USA (Virginia , West Virginia , Maryland )Neosiro kamiakensis Newell, 1943 – USA (Washington , Idaho )Neosiro ligiae (Giribet, 2017) – USA (Oregon )Neosiro martensi Karaman, 2022 – USA (Oregon )Neosiro richarti (Benavides & Giribet, 2017) – USA (Idaho )[Also †Neosiro balticus (Dunlop & Mitov, 2011) (fossil , Baltic amber )] Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 – Poland , Slovakia Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 – Slovenia Siro franzi Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022 – Austria Siro ozimeci Karaman, 2022 – Croatia Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 – France Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990 – Italy †Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld , Germany ) The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:
References
^ a b "Sironidae " . Kury, A. et al. (2024). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones . Retrieved 20 February 2024 .^ a b Giribet, G. (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha, R. et al. 2007: 102f
Further reading
Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones . Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9 Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo M. & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (3): 554-567. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004
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