''Caelopygus'' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids,
Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...
found solely in
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. It is placed in the sub-family
Caelopyginae
Caelopyginae is a neotropical sub-family of harvestmen (order Opiliones) in the family Gonyleptidae.
Genera
Caelopyginae contains the following genera:
* ''Ampheres_(harvestman), Ampheres'' Koch, 1839 – includes ''Prosodreana'' Giltay, 1928, ...
, and includes two species formerly placed in the genera ''Liarthrodes'' Mello-Leitão, 1922 and ''Heterarthrodes'' Mello-Leitão, 1935:
*''
Caelopygus elegans''
(Perty, 1833)
*''
Caelopygus melanocephalus''
C. L. Koch ''in'' Hahn & C. L. Koch, 1839
References
Harvestman genera
Endemic arthropods of Brazil
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