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Podoctidae

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Podoctidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderOpiliones
  5. FamilyPodoctidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
Family
Podoctidae
Collections
MCZ, MNRJ, QM
Recorded in
Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Gabon, Fiji, Australia, Malaysia, Solomon Is.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Epedanoidea
Image
Lomanius sp.jpg
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taxon rank
family
taxon name
Podoctidae
topic's main category
Category:Podoctidae
Commons category
Podoctidae
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Relationships
  • Name
  • Genera
  • Erecananinae
  • Ibaloniinae
  • Podoctinae
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • External links

Podoctidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species.

==Description== Body length ranges from 2.5 to 5 millimeters, with leg length ranging from three to almost thirty mm. While most species are brown to yellow, some are deep green. The legs may be ringed in black and yellow. The penis is uniquely built.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Podoctidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.