Sironidae

The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 30 described species.

Sironidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Suborder:
Cyphophthalmi
Superfamily:
Sironoidea
Family:
Sironidae

Simon, 1879
Diversity
8 genera, > 30 species
Synonyms

Sironides

The family shows a Laurasian distribution, with most species found in temperate Europe and the west coast of North America. The only exception is Suzukielus sauteri from Japan.[1]

Name

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".[1]

Species
  • Cyphophthalmus (mostly Balkan)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bithynicus (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Bursa)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius bolei (Hadzi, 1973) (Montenegro)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius corfuanus <small(>Kratochvíl, 1937) (Greece: Corfu)
  • Cyphophtalmus duricorius yalovensis (Gruber, 1973) (Turkey: Yalova)
  • Cyphophtalmus eratoae Juberthie, 1968 (Greece)
  • Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2007 (Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933) (North Macedonia)
  • Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973) (cave near Klisura, Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2007 (North Macedonia)
  • Cyphophthalmus minutus Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus montenegrinus Hadzi, 1973 (Montenegro)
  • Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus Kratochvíl, 1940 (Croatia: cave Vranjaca)
  • Cyphophthalmus nonveilleri Karaman, 2007 (Serbia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus ohridanus Hadzi, 1973 (North Macedonia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus serbicus Hadzi, 1973 (karstic region of east and central Serbia)
  • Cyphophthalmus silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi Kratochvíl, 1937 (Croatia, cave)
  • Iberosiro distylos de Bivort, 2004
  • Odontosiro Juberthie, 1961 (Portugal, Spain)
  • Odontosiro lusitanicus Juberthie, 1961
  • Paramiopsalis Juberthie, 1962 (Portugal, Spain)
  • Paramiopsalis ramulosus Juberthie, 1962
  • Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904
  • Parasiro coiffaiti Juberthie, 1956 (Spain, France)
  • Parasiro corsicus (Simon, 1872) (Corsica)
  • Parasiro minor Juberthie, 1958 (Italy, Corsica)
  • Suzukielus Juberthie, 1970 (Japan)
  • Suzukielus sauteri (Roewer, 1916)
  • Tranteeva (Bulgaria)
  • Tranteeva paradoxa Kratochvíl, 1958

The following genus is no longer included in Sironidae, but also not yet included in any new family:

  • Marwe Shear, 1985 (Kenya)
  • Marwe coarctata Shear, 1985

Footnotes
  1. Giribet, Gonzalo (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha et al. 2007: 102f
  2. Cyphophthalmi checklist
  3. Novak, Tone & Giribet, Gonzalo (2006): A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia. Zootaxa 1330: 27-42. PDF
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References
  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Sironidae
  • Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9

Further reading
  • Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(3): 554-567. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004


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