Phalangium

Phalangium is a genus of harvestmen that occur mostly in the Old World. The best known species is Phalangium opilio, which is so common in many temperate regions that it is simply called "harvestman".

==Species== The genus Phalangium contains the following species: Phalangium aegyptiacum Savigny, 1816 (Egypt) Phalangium bilineatum Fabricius, 1779 Phalangium cancroides Müller, 1776 Phalangium clavipus Roewer, 1911 (Majorca) Phalangium conigerum Sørensen, 1912 Phalangium coronatum Fabricius, 1779 Phalangium crassum Dufour, 1831 Phalangium cristatum Olivier, 1791 Phalangium grossipes Müller, 1776 Phalangium iberica Schenkel, 1939 (Spain) Phalangium incanum C. L. Koch, 1839 Phalangium licenti Schenkel, 1953 Phalangium ligusticum (Roewer, 1923) (Liguria, Italy) Phalangium lineola Dufour, 1831 Phalangium litorale Störm, 1762 Phalangium lupatum Eichwald, 1830 Phalangium mamillatum Gervais, 1844 (Spain) Phalangium mesomelas Soerensen, 1910 (Kilimanjaro) Phalangium minutum Meade, 1861 Phalangium mucronatum Müller, 1776 Phalangium muscorum Latreille, 1802 Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1761 (Holarctic) Phalangium ortoni Wood, 1869 (Ecuador) Phalangium pallidum Müller, 1776 Phalangium palmatum Herbst, 1797 Phalangium punctipes (L. Koch, 1878) (Armenia) Phalangium pygnogonum Müller, 1776 Phalangium riedeli Starega, 1973 Phalangium rubens Hermann, 1804 Phalangium rudipalpe Gervais, 1849 Phalangium savignyi Savignyi, 1826 (Egypt, Italy) Phalangium spiniferum Cantor, 1842 (Zhoushan, China) Phalangium targionii (Canestrini, 1871) (Mediterranean) Phalangium tricuspidatum Dufour, 1831 Phalangium uncatum Hermann, 1804 (Austria)