The Travuniidae are a small family of harvestman with little more than ten described species, within the suborder Laniatores.
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| Peltonychia leprieurii | |
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| Family: | Travuniidae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
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| 9 genera, > 10 species | |
Description edit
Travuniidae are at the most three millimeters long, with slender, unarmed legs and robust, strongly spined pedipalps.[1]
Distribution edit
Travuniidae have been found in Europe, Japan and the United States. Although some were described from Slovenia, these records proved to be erroneous.[1]
Relationships edit
Travuniidae are most closely related to Cladonychiidae; it is even possible that Travuniidae is paraphyletic in respect to this family.[1]
Name edit
The name of the type genus is derived from the Latin name of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Species edit
Peltonychiinae edit
- Peltonychia Roewer, 1935
- Peltonychia leprieurii (Lucas, 1860) — Buco Dell'Orso (cave, northern Italy)
- Peltonychia posteumicola (Roewer, 1935)
- Peltonychia gabria Roewer, 1935
- Peltonychia tenuis Roewer, 1935
Travuniinae edit
- Abasola Strand, 1928
- Abasola troglodytes (Roewer, 1915) — Dalmatia
- Abasola sarea Roewer, 1935 — Pyrenees
- Abasola hofferi Silhavy, 1937 — Yugoslavia
- Arbasus Roewer, 1935
- Arbasus caecus (Simon, 1911) — southern France
- Dinaria Hadzi, 1932 — palearctic
- Kratochvíliola Roewer, 1935 — palearctic
- Kratochvíliola navarica Roewer, 1935
- Speleonychia Briggs, 1974
- Speleonychia sengeri Briggs, 1974 — Washington
- Travunia Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
- Travunia jandai Kratochvíl, 1938 — Yugoslavia
incertae sedis edit
- Yuria Suzuki, 1964 — Japan
- Yuria pulcra Suzuki, 1964
- Yuria pulcra pulcra Suzuki, 1964
- Yuria pulcra briggsi Suzuki, 1975
- Buemarinoa Roewer, 1956
- Buemarinoa patrizii Roewer, 1956 — Sardinia
Footnotes edit
References edit
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Travuniidae
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9