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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
D. ramosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Phalangiidae
Subfamily:	Gyantinae
Genus:	Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852
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 corniger Menge, 1854 (Baltic amber)
  • = † Dicranopalpus palmnickensis Roewer, 1939 (Baltic amber)
• Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909) (Western Europel)

Further reading

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