Dicranopalpus

Dicranopalpus is a genus of harvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from Baltic amber, but only D. ramiger is currently considered valid.

Dicranopalpus
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
D. ramosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Family:
Phalangiidae
Subfamily:
Gyantinae
Genus:
Dicranopalpus

Type species
Dicranopalpus gasteinensis
Doleschall, 1852
Diversity
13 species
Synonyms
  • Dichranochirus
  • Egaenasser
  • Fagea
  • Liodes
  • Prosalpia

Name

The species name refers to the peculiar form of the palps in at least the first described species, D. gasteinensis (and D. ramosus), derived from di "two", cranium "head", and palpus.

Species
  • Dicranopalpus angolensis (Lawrence, 1951)
  • Dicranopalpus bolivari (Dresco, 1949) (Venezuela)
  • Dicranopalpus brevipes I. Marcellino, 1974
  • Dicranopalpus caudatus Dresco, 1948
  • Dicranopalpus cantabricus Dresco, 1953
  • Dicranopalpus dispar M. Rambla, 1967
  • Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschal, 1852 (Alps)
  • Dicranopalpus insignipalpis (Simon, 1879) (Corsica)
  • Dicranopalpus larvatus (Canestrini, 1874) (Italy)
  • Dicranopalpus martini (Simon, 1878) (Portugal)
  • Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus Dresco, 1948 (France)
  • Dicranopalpus pulchellus Rambla, 1960
  • † Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and Bitterfeld amber fossil)
  • Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909) (Western Europel)

Further reading
  • Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52(4): 601-604.


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