Parasiro corsicus

{{Short description|Species of harvestman/daddy longlegs}}

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| authority = Hansen & Sørensen, 1904

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| type_species = Cyphophthalmus corsicus

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1872

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Parasiro is a genus of harvestmen belonging to the family Parasironidae with one described species. It is found in Southwestern Europe.

Description

The genus Parasiro was described by Hansen & Sørensen 1904, with the type species Cyphophthalmus corsicus Simon, 1872. The genus included three species for many years, but subsequently has been reduced back to just the single type species.

Species

This species belong to the genus Parasiro:

:* Parasiro corsicus (Simon, 1872){{snd}} France (Corsica)

Etymology

The genus is masculine.

References

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{{Cite web|title=Parasiro|url=https://wcolite.com|website= Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones|access-date=24 January 2024|language=en}}

{{Cite journal|last1=Karaman|first1=I.M.|last2=Mitov|first2=P.G.|last3=Snegovaya|first3=N.Y.|date=2024|title=Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species|journal = European Journal of Taxonomy|volume=921|issue=|pages=173–209|doi=10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2427|issn=|url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2427|s2cid=|language=en|doi-access=free}}

{{cite web|title=Parasiro|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7PS9F|website=Catalogue of Life|access-date=24 January 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Parasiro|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/525942-Parasiro|website=iNaturalist|access-date=24 January 2024|language=en}}

{{Cite web| title=Parasiro|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4405499|website=GBIF|access-date=24 January 2024|language=en}}

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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}}

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