| Paranonychidae | |
|---|---|
 Sclerobunus robustus idahoensis Briggs, 1971 - USA - from flickr - cropped. Copyright © Marshal Hedin [2] | |
|
Suborder |
|
|
Infraorder |
|
|
Superfamily |
|
The Paranonychidae Briggs, 1971 are a family (originally subfamily) of Travunioidea with 9 Holarctic genera, [1]. It was elevated to family rank by Shear (1982)[2] and this arrangement confirmed by Mendes (2009)[3]. The Paranonychidae have an Holarctic distribution.
Included genera[]
- Izunonychus Suzuki, 1975 - 1 sp -- Japan
- Kainonychus Suzuki, 1975 - 1 sp -- Japan
- Kaolinonychus Suzuki, 1975 - 1 sp -- South Korea
- Metanippononychus Suzuki, 1975 - 4 spp (+ 2 ssp) -- Japan
- Metanonychus Briggs, 1971 - 8 spp -- USA
- Nippononychus Suzuki, 1975 - 1 sp -- Japan
- Paranonychus Briggs, 1971 - 3 spp -- Canada, Japan, USA.
- Sclerobunus Banks, 1893 - 12 species -- Canada, USA. (= Cyptobunus Banks, 1905)
- Zuma Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 - 2 spp -- USA
References[]
- ↑ Kury, AB (2013) Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa, 3703(1), 27–33.[1]
- ↑ Shear, W.A. (1982) Opiliones. In: Parker, Sybill P. (Ed.), Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vol 2. 1232 pp. McGraw Hill Book Co, New York, pp 104–110.
- ↑ Mendes, A.C. (2009) Avaliação do status sistemático dos táxons supragenéricos da infra-ordem Insidiatores Loman, 1902 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, xvii + 108 p.