''Dicranopalpus'' 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 ...

with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from

Baltic amber Baltic amber or succinite is amber from the Baltic region, home of its largest known deposits. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that this forested region provided the re ...

, but only ''D. ramiger'' is currently considered valid.

Name

The genus name refers to the peculiar form of the

palps Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicera ...

in at least the first described species, ''D. gasteinensis'' (and ''D. ramosus''), derived from ''di'' "two", ''cranium'' "head", and ''palpus''.

Species

* '' Dicranopalpus angolensis'' (Lawrence, 1951) * '' Dicranopalpus bolivari'' (Dresco, 1949) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus brevipes'' (I. Marcellino, 1974) * '' Dicranopalpus caudatus'' (Dresco, 1948) * '' Dicranopalpus cantabricus'' (Dresco, 1953) * '' Dicranopalpus dispar'' (M. Rambla, 1967) * '' Dicranopalpus fraternus'' (Szalay, 1950) * '' Dicranopalpus gasteinensis'' (Doleschal, 1852) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus insignipalpis'' (Simon, 1879) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus larvatus'' (Canestrini, 1874) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus martini'' (Simon, 1878) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus'' (Dresco, 1948) (

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) * '' Dicranopalpus pulchellus'' (Rambla, 1960) * † '' Dicranopalpus ramiger'' (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and

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fossil) ** = † ''Dicranopalpus corniger'' (Menge, 1854) (

) ** = † ''Dicranopalpus palmnickensis'' (Roewer, 1939) (

) * ''

Dicranopalpus ramosus ''Dicranopalpus ramosus'' is a species of harvestman. Males are up to 4 mm long, females can reach up to 6 mm. Both sexes have very long legs (especially the second pair can reach up to 5 cm), and the pedipalps have a forked appe ...

'' (Simon, 1909) (

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)

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