Erginulus
{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}
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| image = Erginulus subserialis.jpg
| image_caption = Erginulus subserialis
| taxon = Erginulus
| authority = Roewer, 1912
| type_species = Erginus serratipes
| type_species_authority = Roewer, 1912
| diversity = 29 spp. (see text)
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}}
- Euerginus {{Small|Roewer, 1912}}
- Acromares {{Small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942}}
- Bivonones {{Small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942}}
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Erginulus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with twenty-nine described species (as of early 2025). The species are from eastern Mexico & Northern Central America, although a few have been described from outlying geographic regions.
Description
The genus Erginulus was described by Roewer, 1912 with the type species Erginus serratipes Roewer, 1912. The genus was later included in the subfamily Metergininae.
Species
These species belong to the genus Erginulus:
- Erginulus arcuatus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus australis {{small|(Roewer, 1916)}}{{snd}}Colombia
- Erginulus bimaculatus {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1977}}{{snd}}Mexico (Campeche)
- Erginulus biserratus {{small|Roewer, 1947}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus brevispinosus {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947}}{{snd}}Honduras
- Erginulus castaneus {{small|(Banks, 1906)}}{{snd}}Bahamas
- Erginulus centralis {{small|(Sørensen, 1932)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Durango, later allegedly Tamaulipas)
- Erginulus clavipes {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala, Mexico
- Erginulus clavotibialis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Yucatán, etc), Guatemala, Belize
- Erginulus crassescens {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus cristatus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus erectispinus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus figuratus {{small|(Roewer, 1947)}}{{snd}}Costa Rica
- Erginulus gervaisii {{small|(Sørensen, 1932)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Yucatán)
- Erginulus leviarcuatus {{small|(Sørensen, 1932)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Veracruz)
- Erginulus pectiginerus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala, Honduras
- Erginulus pulcher {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942}}{{snd}}Mexico (Veracruz)
- Erginulus quadricristatus {{small|(Franganillo Balboa, 1926)}}{{snd}}Cuba
- Erginulus rectus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus roeweri {{small|(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Yucatán)
- Erginulus serratifer {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus serratipes {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus serratofemoralis {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947}}{{snd}}Belize
- Erginulus simplicipes {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus singularis {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1977}}{{snd}}Belize
- Erginulus sinuosus {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus subserialis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica
- Erginulus triangularis {{small|(Pickard-Cambridge, 1905)}}{{snd}}Guatemala
- Erginulus weyerensis {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1977}}{{snd}}Belize
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
References
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Further reading
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- {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Medrano|first1=M.|last2=Kury|first2=A.B.|last3=Martins|first3=P.H.|last4=Proud|first4=D.N.|date=2024|title=The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=58|issue=9-12|pages=311–329|doi=10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=|language=en}}
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