Yania is a genus of harvestmen from South America.[1][2] Yania flavolimbata is the only species in the monotypic genus Yania. It was first described by Roewer, 1914.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
| Family: | Prostygnidae |
| Genus: | Yania Roewer, 1914 |
| Species: | Y. flavolimbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Yania flavolimbata Roewer, 1914
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Description
editYania flavolimbata is endemic to Ecuador, with the sole male holotype from “Yana Urcu, 4536 m”.[1][3][4]
Species
editThese species belong to the genus Yania:
- Yania flavolimbata Roewer 1914 – Ecuador
References
edit- ^ a b "Yania". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Kury, A. B. (1994). "The genus Yania Roewer, 1919, and other presumed Tricommatidae from South American highlands (Opiliones, Cranaidae, Prostygninae)". Revue Arachnologique. 10 (7): 137–145.
- ^ "Yania". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Yania". iNaturalist. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
Further reading
edit- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
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