Sclerobunus

{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}

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| image = Opiliones, Laniatores, Sclerobuninae, Sclerobunus nondimorphicus (2404170051).jpg

| image_caption = S. nondimorphicus

| taxon = Sclerobunus

| authority = Banks, 1893

| type_species = Scotolemon robustus

| type_species_authority = Packard, 1877

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = Cyptobunus Banks, 1905

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Sclerobunus is a genus of harvestman that occurs in western North America.

Species

Sclerobunus was revised in a 2014 study, which described 5 new species, and Cyptobunus as a junior synonym of Sclerobunus. In addition, several populations formerly considered subspecies were elevated to full species rank.

References

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{{Cite web|title=Sclerobunus|url=https://wcolite.com|website= Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones|access-date=7 January 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Sclerobunus|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/63TBX|website=Catalogue of Life|access-date=7 January 2024|language=en}}

{{cite journal|last1=Derkarabetian|first1=Shahan|last2=Hedin|first2=Marshal|title=Integrative Taxonomy and Species Delimitation in Harvestmen: A Revision of the Western North American Genus Sclerobunus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Travunioidea)|journal=PLOS ONE|date=2014|volume=9|issue=8|pages=e104982|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0104982|pmid=25144370|pmc=4140732|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j4982D |doi-access=free}}

{{Cite journal| title = A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements|date = 2018|last1 = Derkarabetian| first1 = Shahan|last2 = Starrett|first2 = James|last3 = Tsurusaki|first3 = Nobuo|last4 = Ubick|first4 = Darrell

|last5 = Castillo|first5 = Stephanie|last6 = Hedin|first6 = Marshal|display-authors = 1|journal = ZooKeys|issue = 760| pages = 1–36|url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24937/|doi = 10.3897/zookeys.760.24937|pmc=5986891|pmid=29872361|doi-access = free}}

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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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