Pachylinae is the most diverse subfamily of the harvestman family Gonyleptidae, including around 400 valid species.[1] Major groups of species occur in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, Bolivian/Peruvian highlands, Argentina, and Chilean temperate forest.

Pachylinae
Lacronia ceci Kury & Orrico, 2006, from Brazil.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Gonyleptidae
Subfamily: Pachylinae
Sørensen, 1884
Genera

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Genera edit

Currently, 129 genera are recognised:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ A. B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.
  2. ^ Jim Amrine (2003). "Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833:34". Bibliography of the Eriophyidae: a working bibliography of the literature on Eriophyidae of the world, version 1.0. Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  3. ^ Özdikmen, H. (2006). "Nomenclatural changes for some Laniatores (Opiliones) genera: New substitute names and new combinations" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 1 (1): 63–68.