Podoctidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species.[1]
| Podoctidae Temporal range:
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| Undescribed Lomanius from the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Epedanoidea |
| Family: | Podoctidae Roewer, 1912 |
| Genera | |
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See text for list | |
| Diversity | |
| c. 60 genera, c. 130 species | |
Description edit
Body length ranges from 2.5 to 5 millimeters, with leg length ranging from three to almost thirty mm. While most species are brown to yellow, some are deep green. The legs may be ringed in black and yellow. The penis is uniquely built.[1]
Distribution edit
Most species occur in Southeast Asia, especially in New Guinea. Others are found in Melanesia, Micronesia, Japan, India and Sri Lanka, Madagascar, the Seychelles and Mauritius, and central Africa. Ibantila cubana was introduced in a botanical garden in Cuba. Although one Podoctidae was described from Brazil in 1938, it was later transferred to Triaenonychidae.[1] The oldest known member of the family is Burmalomanius from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar.[2]
Relationships edit
Although Podoctidae are currently included in Samooidea, and are surely Grassatores, there is no obvious relationship with any family.[1]
Name edit
The name of the type genus is derived from Ancient Greek podos "foot" and oktis "spine", referring to the ventral row of long spines in femur I.[1]
Genera edit
Erecananinae edit
- Erecanana Strand, 1911 — Africa, Madagascar, Réunion (9 species)
- Iyonus Suzuki, 1964 — Japan (1 species)
- Lomanius Roewer, 1923 — Java, Palau, Taiwan (8 species)
Ibaloniinae edit
- Asproleria Roewer, 1949 — New Guinea (1 species)
- Austribalonius Forster, 1955 — Australia (1 species)
- Bonea Roewer, 1913 — Indonesia, Philippines (8 species)
- Eusitalces Roewer, 1915 — Sri Lanka (1 species)
- Gargenna Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (1 species)
- Heteroibalonius Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 (1 species)
- Heteropodoctis Roewer, 1912 — New Guinea (1 species)
- Holozoster Loman, 1902 — Seychelles (1 species)
- Ibalonianus Roewer, 1923 — New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomons (7 species)
- Ibalonius Karsch, 1880 — Philippines, New Caledonia, Seychelles, New Guinea (17 species)
- Ibantila Silhavy, 1969 — Cuba (introduced) (1 species)
- Leytpodoctis J. Martens, 1993 - Philippines (1 species)
- Mesoceratula Roewer, 1949 (1 species)
- Metibalonius Roewer, 1915 — New Guinea, Indonesia (17 species)
- Orobunus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 (1 species)
- Paramesoceras Roewer, 1915 — New Guinea (1 species)
- Pentacros Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (1 species)
- Podoctinus Roewer, 1923 — New Britain (1 species)
- Proholozoster Roewer, 1915 — New Guinea (1 species)
- Santobius Roewer, 1949 — New Hebrides (1 species)
- Sitalcicus Roewer, 1923 — Seychelles (3 species)
Podoctinae edit
- Baramella Roewer, 1949 — Borneo (1 species)
- Baramia Hirst, 1912 — Indonesia (4 species)
- Baso Roewer, 1923 — Sumatra (1 species)
- Basoides Roewer, 1949 — Sumatra (1 species)
- Bistota Roewer, 1927 — India (1 species)
- Centrobunus Loman, 1902 — Seychelles (1 species)
- Dino Loman, in Weber 1892 — Sumatra (1 species)
- Dongmoa Roewer, 1927 — Tonking (2 species)
- Eupodoctis Roewer, 1923 — India, Sri Lanka (2 species)
- Eurytromma Roewer, 1949 — Sri Lanka (1 species)
- Gaditusa Roewer, 1949 — Borneo (1 species)
- Hoplodino Roewer, 1915 — Indonesia, Singapore (4 species)
- Idjena Roewer, 1927 — Java (1 species)
- Idzubius Roewer, 1949 — Japan (1 species)
- Japetus Roewer, 1949 — Borneo (1 species)
- Laponcea Roewer, 1936 — Mauritius (1 species)
- Lejokus Roewer, 1949 — Borneo (1 species)
- Lundulla Roewer, 1927 — Borneo (1 species)
- Metapodoctis Roewer, 1915 — Taiwan, Thailand (2 species)
- Neopodoctis Roewer, 1912 — Sri Lanka (2 species)
- Oppodoctis Roewer, 1927 — Philippines (1 species)
- Peromona Roewer, 1949 — Seychelles (1 species)
- Podoctellus Roewer, 1949 — Johore (1 species)
- Podoctis Thorell, 1890 — Pinang (1 species)
- Podoctomma Roewer, 1949 — Java (1 species)
- Podoctops Roewer, 1949 — Sumatra (1 species)
- Pumbaraius Roewer, 1927 — India (2 species)
- Sibolgia Roewer, 1923 — Sumatra (1 species)
- Stobitus Roewer, 1949 — Malaysia (1 species)
- Tandikudius Roewer, 1929 — India (1 species)
- Trencona Roewer, 1949 — Borneo (1 species)
- Trigonobunus Loman, 1894 — Borneo (1 species)
- Tryssetus Roewer, 1936 — Mauritius (1 species)
- Vandaravua Roewer, 1929 — India (1 species)
Footnotes edit
- ^ a b c d e Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Podoctidae Roewer, 1912. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 221ff
- ^ Bartel, Christian; Dunlop, Jason A.; Sharma, Prashant P.; Selden, Paul A.; Tarasov, Pavel E.; Ren, Dong; Shih, Chungkun (July 2022). "Four new Laniatorean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Palaeoworld: S1871174X22000488. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2022.06.006. S2CID 250401481.
References edit
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Podoctidae
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9