Sabaconidae

Sabaconidae is a family of harvestmen with 57 described species in one genus, Sabacon, which is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

Sabaconidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Sabacon cavicolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Suborder:
Dyspnoi
Superfamily:
Ischyropsalidoidea
Family:
Sabaconidae

Dresco, 1970
Genus:
Sabacon

Simon, 1879
Type species
Sabacon paradoxus
Simon, 1879
Diversity
1 genus, 57 species

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from "Sabacon", an Egyptian king.

Description

This family is very easily recognizable on the basis of the unique pedipalp morphology, which is densely covered in plumose setae, and features a concave depression on the tibia, and a bulbous tarsus, which fits snugly into the tibial depression.

Distribution

Sabaconidae exhibits a wide, yet highly disjunct, distribution. Species can be found throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, though individual species usually have very restricted distributions.

Fossil Record

There is one species, Sabacon bachofeni Roewer, 1939, known from Baltic amber.

Relationships

Sabaconidae belongs to the superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. The family originally consisted of just the genus *Sabacon*, though *Taracus* was later added to the family. *Hesperonemastoma* was later moved to this family, as well, after molecular studies confirmed that this genus was closely related to *Taracus*. However, a new family, Taracidae, was later erected for *Hesperonemastoma* and *Taracus*, leaving Sabaconidae once again monogeneric. Currently, Sabaconidae is thought to be most closely related to Taracidae, and more distantly to Ischyropsalididae.

The internal relationships of Sabaconidae are not fully understood. Generally, species within a geographical region form a clade, with the exception of *Sabacon cavicolens*, which belongs to a clade with the European species.

Species

There are currently 57 described species, 2 of which are subdivided into 2 subspecies[1][2][3].

  • Sabacon aigoual Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon akiyoshiense Suzuki, 1963
  • Sabacon altomontanum Martens, 1983
  • Sabacon astoriensis Shear, 1975
  • Sabacon beatae Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon beishanensis Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon briggsi Shear, 1975
  • Sabacon bryantii (Banks, 1898)
  • Sabacon cavicolens (Packard, 1884)
  • Sabacon chomolongmae Martens, 1972
  • Sabacon crassipalpe (L. Koch, 1879)
  • Sabacon dentipalpe Suzuki, 1949
  • Sabacon dhaulagiri Martens, 1972
  • Sabacon distinctus Suzuki, 1974
  • Sabacon franzi Roewer, 1953
  • Sabacon gonggashan Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
  • Sabacon hinkukhola Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon imamurai Suzuki, 1964
  • Sabacon iriei Suzuki, 1974
  • Sabacon ishizuchi Suzuki, 1974
  • Sabacon jaegeri Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon jiriensis Martens, 1972
  • Sabacon kangding Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon maipokhari Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon makinoi Suzuki, 1949
  • Sabacon makinoi makinoi Suzuki, 1949
  • Sabacon makinoi sugimotoi Suzuki & Tsurusaki, 1983
  • Sabacon martensi Tsurusaki & Song, 1993
  • Sabacon minutissimus Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon minshanensis Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon mitchelli Crosby & Bishop, 1924
  • Sabacon monacanthus Martens, 2018
  • Sabacon multiserratus Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon nishikawai Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon occidentalis (Banks, 1894)
  • Sabacon okadai Suzuki, 1941
  • Sabacon palpogranulatum Martens, 1972
  • Sabacon paradoxus Simon, 1879
  • Sabacon pasonianus Glez-Luque, 1991
  • Sabacon pauperoserratus Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon petarberoni Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon picosantrum Martens, 1983
  • Sabacon pygmaeum Miyosi, 1942
  • Sabacon relictoides Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon relictum Marten, 1972
  • Sabacon rossopacificus Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon rupinala Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon satoikioi Miyosi, 1942
  • Sabacon sergeidedicatus Martens, 1989
  • Sabacon shawalleri Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon sheari Cokendolpher, 1984
  • Sabacon simbuakhola Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon simoni Dresco, 1952
  • Sabacon sineglandula Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon siskiyou Shear, 1975
  • Sabacon suzukii Martens, 2018
  • Sabacon thakkolanus Martens, 2015
  • Sabacon unicornis Martens, 1972
  • Sabacon viscayanus Simon, 1881
  • Sabacon viscayanus ramblaianum Martens, 1983
  • Sabacon viscayanus viscayanus Simon, 1881
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References
  1. "(PDF) A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  2. "Two new species of Sabacon Simon, 1879 (Opiliones: Dyspnoi: Sabaconidae) from Yunnan Province, China | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  3. "(PDF) Sabacon Simon, 1879 in the Palaearctic: A survey of new and known species from France, Nepal, India, China, Russia and Japan (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sabaconidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
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