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Epedanidae
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'Epedanidae from Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Photo copyright Arthur Anker, from flickr [2]. Used with permission.

Suborder

Laniatores

Infraorder

Grassatores

Superfamily

Epedanoidea


Epedanidae Sørensen, 1886 is a family of Grassatores from SE Asia. Several of its species were nicknamed"excavators" by the macro photographers.

(Indomalayan, Australasian – 174 species)

Subfamilies[]

There are currently four subfamilies recognized, with a further 13 genera and 77 species regarded as incertae sedis[1].

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References[]

  1. Zhang, C. & Zhang, F. (2012b) A new species of Parabeloniscus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3565, 55–64.
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