The Stylocellidae are a family 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. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, alth ...

with about 30 described species, all of which occur from

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. Members of this family are from one to seven millimeters long. While ''Stylocellus'' species have eyes, these are absent in the other two genera. (2007): Stylocellidae. Hansen & Sørensen, 1904. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 104ff

Name

The name of the type genus is combined from

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''stylos'' "pillar" and

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''ocellus'' "eye", referring to the elongated shape of the animal, compared to

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, and the presence of eyes.

Species

* '' Fangensis'' Rambla, 1994 —

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** '' Fangensis cavernarus'' Schwendinger & Giribet, 2005 ** '' Fangensis insulanus'' Schwendinger & Giribet, 2005 ** '' Fangensis leclerci'' Rambla, 1994 ** '' Fangensis spelaeus'' Schwendinger & Giribet, 2005 * '' Leptopsalis'' Thorell, 1882 - Sumatra ** '' Leptopsalis beccarii'' Thorell, 1882 * ''

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'' Giribet, Sharma & Bastawade, 2007 —

** ''

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'' Giribet, Sharma & Bastawade, 2007 * '' Miopsalis'' Thorell, 1890 — Pulu-Pinang,

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** '' Miopsalis pulicaria'' Thorell, 1890 * '' Stylocellus'' Westwood, 1874 **'' Stylocellus collinsi'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus dumoga'' Shear, 1993 —

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**'' Stylocellus globosus'' Schwendinger & Giribet, 2004 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus gryllospecus'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus hillyardi'' Shear, 1993 — Indonesia **'' Stylocellus javanus'' (Thorell, 1882) —

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**'' Stylocellus kinabalu'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus laevichelis'' Roewer, 1946 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus leakeyi'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus lionotus''

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, 1897 —

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**'' Stylocellus lydekkeri'' Clouse & Giribet, 2007 — Indonesia **'' Stylocellus modestus'' Hansen &

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, 1904 —

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**'' Stylocellus mulu'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus novaguineae'' Clouse & Giribet, 2007 — Indonesia **'' Stylocellus pangrango'' Shear, 1993 — Indonesia **'' Stylocellus pocockii'' Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — North Borneo **'' Stylocellus ramblae'' Giribet, 2002 —

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**'' Stylocellus sabah'' Shear, 1993 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus sedgwicki'' Shear, 1979 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus silhavyi'' Rambla, 1991 — Malaysia **'' Stylocellus spinifrons'' Roewer, 1946 — Malaysia:

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**'' Stylocellus sulcatus'' Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Java **'' Stylocellus sumatranus'' Westwood, 1874 — Sumatra **'' Stylocellus tambusisi'' Shear, 1993 — Indonesia **'' Stylocellus tarumpitao'' Shear, 1993 —

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**'' Stylocellus thorellii'' Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Sumatra **'' Stylocellus weberii'' Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Sumatra * †'' Palaeosiro'' Poinar 2008 ** †''Palaeosiro burmanicum'' Poinar 2008

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, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Footnotes

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Stylocellidae

Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press''

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