World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis

Adriano Kury

doi:10.15468/wtb6rf

World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis

Citation

Kury A (2017). World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis. ZooKeys. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wtb6rf accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-16.

Description

This project aims to produce a general checklist of all the valid species and subspecies names of harvestmen of the world (Arachnida, order Opiliones). This database is part 2 of 12 of a project containing an intended worldwide checklist of species and subspecies of Opiliones, and it includes the superfamilies Samooidea and Zalmoxoidea plus the Grassatores currently not allocated to any family. In this Part 2, a total of 556 species and subspecies are listed.

Taxonomic Coverages

Superfamilies Samooidea and Zalmoxoidea plus the Grassatores currently not allocated to any family.

Samooidea
rank: superfamily
Zalmoxoidea
rank: superfamily

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide. There is no Laurasian (Nearctic + Palearctic) representative of the groups treated here. Both Samooidea and Zalmoxoidea reach their diversity peak in the Neotropics.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Adriano Kury
originator
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro
20940-040
RJ
BR
Telephone: 2139386984
email: adrianok@gmail.com

Adriano Kury
metadata author
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro
20940-040
RJ
BR
Telephone: 2139386984
email: adrianok@gmail.com

Adriano Kury
user
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro
20940-040
RJ
BR
Telephone: 2139386984
email: adrianok@gmail.com

Daniele Souza
author
position: external collaborator
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro
20940-040
RJ
BR
email: adv.danielesouza@gmail.com

Adriano Kury
administrative point of contact
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro
20940-040
RJ
BR
Telephone: 2139386984
email: adrianok@gmail.com