Taracidae
Taracidae is a family of harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are 4 genera and 23 described species in Taracidae.
| Taracidae | |
|---|---|
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| Taracus silvestrii | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Opiliones | 
| Superfamily: | Ischyropsalidoidea | 
| Family: | Taracidae Schönhofer, 2013  | 
Species
    
There are currently 23 described species of Taracidae,[1][2][3] listed below. The genera Crosbycus and Hesperonemastoma are not considered to belong to the family by some,[2] though a new family has not yet been erected for those genera, so they are included here.
- Crosbycus Roewer, 1914
- Crosbycus dasycnemus (Crosby, 1911)
 
 - Hesperonemastoma Gruber, 1970
- Hesperonemastoma kepharti (Crosby & Bishop, 1924)
 - Hesperonemastoma modestum (Banks, 1894)
 - Hesperonemastoma packardi (Roewer, 1914)
 - Hesperonemastoma pallidimaculosum (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945)
 - Hesperonemastoma smilax Shear, 2010
 
 - Oskoron Shear, 2016
- Oskoron brevichelis Shear, 2016
 - Oskoron crawfordi Shear, 2016
 - Oskoron spinosus (Banks, 1894)
 
 - Taracus Simon, 1879 
- Taracus aspenae Shear, 2018
 - Taracus audisioae Shear, 2016
 - Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971
 - Taracus carmanah Shear, 2016
 - Taracus fluvipileus Shear, 2016
 - Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942
 - Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 (California)
 - Taracus marchingtoni Shear, 2016
 - Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 (Colorado)
 - Taracus packardi Simon, 1879
 - Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894
 - Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1929
 - Taracus spesavius Shear, 2016
 - Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 (California)
 - Taracus taylori Shear, 2016
 - Taracus timpanogos Shear, 2016
 - Taracus ubicki Shear, 2016
 
 
References
    
- "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
 - "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
 - "Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
 
Further reading
    
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
 - Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
 
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