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Mitopus Thorell, 1876 is a genus of Holarctic Eupnoi with 9 valid species and subspecies plus 2 nomina dubia. Its type species is one of the most widespread harvestmen, showing large degree of variation, so it has an immense synonymy.
Type species
Phalangium morio Fabricius, 1779.
Etymology
Mitopus from Greek μίτος (thread) + πους (foot). Gender masculine.
Placement
Mitopus originally in Phalangiidae without subfamily.
Species
Mitopus dorsalis Banks, 1900 - USA, Alaska
Mitopus ericaeus Jennings, 1982 - England
Mitopus glacialis (Heer, 1845) - Italy and Switzerland
Mitopus koreanus (Roewer, 1957) - South Korea
Mitopus mongolicus mongolicus Roewer, 1912 - Mongolia, Russia
Mitopus mongolicus tschosenensis Kharitonov, 1957 - North Korea
Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779) - “Holarctic: eastern North America, across northern Eurasia including northern and southern Russian Far East, Kamchatka, Hokkaido (and some mountains of Honshu), throughout Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Moneron.” [1]
Mitopus obliquus (C.L. Koch, 1839) - Greece
Mitopus projectus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942) - USA, Oregon
Nomina dubia
Mitopus bidentatus (Morin, 1934) - Ukraine
Mitopus mobilis Karsch, 1881 - Japan
Relevant references
- ↑ Crawford, R.L. & Marusik, Y.M. (2007) Harvestmen (Arachnida: Phalangida or Opiliones) of Moneron Island. In: Bogatov, V.V., Barkalov, V.Yu, Lelei, A.S., Makarchenko, E.A. & Storozhenko, S.Yu. (Eds.), Flora and fauna of Moneron Island (Materials of International Sakhalin Island Project). Dalnauka; Vladivostok, pp. 196–201.
![Mitopus glacialis (Heer, 1845), Austria, by B. Knoflach from Arages [1]](/wiki/File:Mitopus_glacialis_Festkogel_-_Oesterreich.jpg "Mitopus glacialis Festkogel - Oesterreich.jpg (118 KB)")
![Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779) from Arages [2]](/wiki/File:Mitopus_morio_18_Hilscheid-Hunsr%C3%BCck.jpg "Mitopus morio 18 Hilscheid-Hunsrück.jpg (116 KB)")
![Mitopus glacialis by Vincent Derreumaux : France, from Le monde des insectes [3]](/wiki/File:Mitopus_glacialis_-_Vincent_Derreumaux_France.jpg "Mitopus glacialis - Vincent Derreumaux France.jpg (87 KB)")
![Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1799), Czech Republic, by Stanislav Krejčík, from BioLib [4]](/wiki/File:Mitopus_morio_(Fabricius,_1799)_Stanislav_Krej%C4%8D%C3%ADk.jpg "Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1799) Stanislav Krejčík.jpg (119 KB)")