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Travuniidae

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Travuniidae
Peltonychia leprieurii
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Travuniidae

Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932
Species

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Diversity
9 genera, > 10 species

The Travuniidae are a small family of harvestman with little more than ten described species, within the suborder Laniatores.

Description

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Travuniidae are at the most three millimeters long, with slender, unarmed legs and robust, strongly spined pedipalps.[1]

Distribution

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Travuniidae have been found in Europe, Japan and the United States. Although some were described from Slovenia, these records proved to be erroneous.[1]

Relationships

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Travuniidae are most closely related to Cladonychiidae; it is even possible that Travuniidae is paraphyletic in respect to this family.[1]

Name

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The name of the type genus is derived from the Latin name of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Species

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Peltonychiinae

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Travuniinae

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incertae sedis

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  • Yuria Suzuki, 1964 — Japan
  • Yuria pulcra pulcra Suzuki, 1964
  • Yuria pulcra briggsi Suzuki, 1975

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Travuniidae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 237ff

References

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  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Travuniidae
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9