Podoctidae

Podoctidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species. (2007): Podoctidae Roewer, 1912. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 221ff

Description

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.

Distribution

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. The oldest known member of the family is '' Burmalomanius'' from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar.

Relationships

Although Podoctidae are currently included in Samooidea, and are surely Grassatores, there is no obvious relationship with any family.

Name

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.

Genera

A detailed list of included species is HERE, which along with generic list below are derived from (as of mid. 2024) the ''World Catalog of Opiliones''. Older versions were largely from the now defunct ''Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog''.

Erecananinae

* '' Erecanana'' Strand, 1911 — Kenya, Tanzania, etc. (=Sub-Saharan Africa), inc. Madagascar, Réunion (9 species)
* '' Iyonus'' Suzuki, 1964 — Japan (1 species)
* '' Lomanius'' Roewer, 1923 — China, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java), Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam (7 species)
* '' Paralomanius'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1948 — Philippines, Palau (2 species)
* '' Strandibalonius'' Roewer, 1912 — Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi), Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Melanesia (16 species)

Ibaloniinae

* '' Asproleria'' Roewer, 1949 — New Guinea (1 species)
* '' Austribalonius'' Forster, 1955 — Australia (1 species)
* '' Ceylonositalces'' Özdikmen, 2006 — Sri Lanka (1 species) eplacement name for ''Eusitalces'' Roewer, 1915">Eusitalces.html" ;"title="eplacement name for ''Eusitalces">eplacement name for ''Eusitalces'' Roewer, 1915* ''Gargenna'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Barat) (1 species)
* '' Heteroibalonius'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Indonesia ( Papua) (1 species)
* '' Heteropodoctis'' Roewer, 1912 — Papua New Guinea/Indonesia (South Papua) (1 species)
* '' Holozoster'' Loman, 1902 — Seychelles (1 species)
* '' Ibalonianus'' Roewer, 1923 — Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Papua Barat), (Maluku Islands) (4 species)
* '' Ibalonius'' Karsch, 1880 — Philippines, New Caledonia, Seychelles, New Guinea, Solomons (16 species)
* '' Leytpodoctis'' Martens, 1993 — Philippines (1 species)
* '' Orobunus'' Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Papua) (1 species)
* '' Paramesoceras'' Roewer, 1915 — Papua New Guinea (1 species)
* '' Pentacros'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (1 species)
* '' Podoctinus'' Roewer, 1923 — Papua New Guinea (1 species)
* '' Proholozoster'' Roewer, 1915 — Papua New Guinea (1 species)
* '' Santobius'' Roewer, 1949 — Melanesia (4 species) ee also ''Ibantila'' Silhavy, 1969 for ''Santobius cubanus'' — Cuba (introduced)]
* ''Sitalcicus'' Roewer, 1923 — Seychelles (3 species)
* '' Waigeucola'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (1 species)

Podoctinae

* '' Baramella'' Roewer, 1949 — Malaysia (Sarawak) (1 species)
* '' Baramia'' Hirst, 1912 — Brunei, Malaysia (Sarawak), Indonesia (Kalimantan) (5 species)
* '' Baso'' Roewer, 1923 — Indonesia (Sumatra) (1 species)
* '' Basoides'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (Sumatra) (1 species)
* '' Bistota'' Roewer, 1927 — India (1 species)
* ''Bonea'' Roewer, 1913 — Indonesia, Philippines (10 species) ote: Previously in Ibaloniinae* '' Borneojapetus'' Özdikmen, 2006 — Indonesia/Malaysia ("Borneo") (1 species) eplacement for ''Japetus'' Roewer, 1949* '' Centrobunus'' Loman, 1902 — Seychelles (1 species)
* '' Dongmoa'' Roewer, 1927 — Japan, Vietnam (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 — Indonesia (Java) (1 species)
* '' Idzubius'' Roewer, 1949 — Japan (1 species)
* '' Laponcea'' Roewer, 1936 — Mauritius (1 species)
* '' Lejokus'' Roewer, 1949 — Malaysia (Sarawak) (1 species)
* '' Lundulla'' Roewer, 1927 — Malaysia (Sarawak) (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 — Malaysia (Johore) (1 species)
* '' Podoctis'' Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia ( Pinang) (1 species)
* '' Podoctomma'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (Java) (1 species)
* '' Podoctops'' Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia (Sumatra) (1 species)
* '' Pumbaraius'' Roewer, 1927 — India (2 species)
* '' Sibolgia'' Roewer, 1923 — Indonesia (Sumatra) (1 species)
* '' Stobitus'' Roewer, 1949 — Malaysia (1 species)
* '' Tandikudius'' Roewer, 1929 — India (1 species)
* '' Trencona'' Roewer, 1949 — — Indonesia/Malaysia ("Borneo") (1 species)
* '' Trigonobunus'' Loman, 1894 — Indonesia (West Kalimantan) (1 species)
* '' Tryssetus'' Roewer, 1936 — Mauritius (1 species)
* '' Vandaravua'' Roewer, 1929 — India (1 species)

Footnotes

For ''Dino'' Loman 1892 n Weber/small> see Epedanidae.
For '' Japetus'' Roewer, 1949 see above under '' Borneojapetus'' Özdikmen, 2006.

References

Further reading:

* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press''

External links

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