Parasironidae

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Parasironidae is a family of harvestmen with 7 described species.

The family shows a European distribution, with species found in the Mediterranean.

Name

Parasironidae is derived from the type genus Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904.

Species

Below is from "World Catalog of Opiliones" (as of early 2024, after transfer of Parasiro).

:* Cimmerosiro juberthiei Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024{{snd}} Turkey

:* Cimmerosiro krivolutskyi Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024{{snd}} Georgia

:* Cimmerosiro rhodiensis Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024{{snd}} Greece

  • Ebrosiro Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024

:* Ebrosiro coiffaiti (Juberthie, 1956){{snd}}Spain, France ("Ebro continental Block")

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

:* Tirrenosiro axeli Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024{{snd}} Italy

:* Tirrenosiro minor (Juberthie, 1958){{snd}}France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)

See also

References

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{{Cite web|last1=Kury|first1=A.|date=2024|title=Parasironidae|url=https://wcolite.com|website= WCO-Lite 2.6: World Catalogue of Opiliones|access-date=20 February 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Parasironidae (PENDING DIRECT LINK)|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org|website=Catalogue of Life|access-date=20 February 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Parasironidae|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1534258-Parasironidae|website=iNaturalist|access-date=20 February 2024|language=en}}

{{Cite web| title=Parasironidae (PENDING DIRECT LINK)|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/|access-date=20 February 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|issue=921|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|bibcode=2024EJTax.921..173K }}

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Sources

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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}}
  • {{aut|Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo M. & 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}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070527132420/http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Invertebrate/Cyphophthalmi/species.cfm Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World]

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