Sironidae

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

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}

| image = Siro_rubens.jpg

| image_caption = Siro rubens

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| taxon = Sironidae

| authority = Simon, 1879

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| diversity = 10 genera, > 60 species

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| subdivision_ranks = Genera

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| synonyms = Sironides

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The Sironidae are a family of harvestmen with more than 60 described species.

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.

Name

Siro is the Latinized form of the French name "Ciron".

Species

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

See also "List of Cyphophthalmi species"List of Cyphophthalmi species#Boreophthalmi

:* Arhesiro clousi (Giribet & Shear, 2010){{snd}}USA (Oregon)

:* Arhesiro sonoma (Shear, 1980){{snd}}USA (California)

:* Cyphophthalmus beschkovi (Mitov, 1994) {{snd}}Bulgaria

:* Cyphophtalmus bithynicus (Gruber, 1969){{snd}}Turkey

:* Cyphophthalmus conocephalus Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Bosnia and Herzegovina

:* Cyphophthalmus corfuanus (Kratochvíl, 1938){{snd}}Greece

:* Cyphophtalmus duricorius Joseph, 1868{{snd}}Austria, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy

:* Cyphophtalmus eratoae (Juberthie, 1968){{snd}}Greece

:* Cyphophthalmus ere Karaman, 2008{{snd}}Serbia

:* Cyphophthalmus gjorgjevici (Hadzi, 1933){{snd}}North Macedonia

:* Cyphophthalmus gordani Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Montenegro

:* Cyphophthalmus hlavaci Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Croatia

:* Cyphophthalmus klisurae (Hadzi, 1973){{snd}}Kosovo - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus kratochvili Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Croatia

:* Cyphophthalmus markoi Karaman, 2008{{snd}}(?) Serbia

:* Cyphophthalmus martensi Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Montenegro

:* Cyphophthalmus minutus (Kratochvíl, 1938) {{snd}}Montenegro, Croatia- cave

:* Cyphophthalmus montenegrinus (Hadzi, 1973){{snd}}Montenegro

:* Cyphophthalmus neretvanus Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Croatia

:* Cyphophthalmus noctiphilus (Kratochvíl, 1940){{snd}}Croatia - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus nonveilleri Karaman, 2008 {{snd}}Serbia - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus ognjenovici Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Bosnia and Herzegovina

:* Cyphophthalmus ohridanus (Hadzi, 1973) {{snd}}North Macedonia - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus paradoxus (Kratochvíl, 1958){{snd}}Bulgaria

:* Cyphophthalmus paragamiani Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Greece

:* Cyphophthalmus rumijae Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Montenegro

:* Cyphophthalmus serbicus (Hadzi, 1973) {{snd}}Serbia

:* Cyphophthalmus silhavyi (Kratochvíl, 1938) {{snd}}Croatia - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus solentiensis Dreszer, Raða & Giribet, 2015{{snd}}Croatia

:* Cyphophthalmus teyrovskyi (Kratochvíl, 1938){{snd}}Croatia - cave

:* Cyphophthalmus thracicus Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Bulgaria

:* Cyphophthalmus trebinjanus Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Bosnia and Herzegovina

:* Cyphophthalmus yalovensis (Gruber, 1969){{snd}}Turkey

:* Cyphophthalmus zetae Karaman, 2009{{snd}}Montenegro

:* Holosiro acaroides Ewing, 1923{{snd}}USA (Washington, Oregon, California)

:* Holosiro calaveras (Giribet & Shear, 2010){{snd}}USA (California)

:* Holosiro ewingi Karaman, 2022{{snd}}USA (Oregon)

:* Holosiro shasta (Giribet & Shear, 2010){{snd}}USA (California)

:* Iberosiro distylos de Bivort & Giribet, 2004{{snd}}Portugal - cave

:* Iberosiro rosae Giribet, Merino-Sáinz & Benavides, 2017{{snd}}Spain

:* Neosiro boyerae (Giribet & Shear, 2010){{snd}}USA (Washington, Oregon)

:* Neosiro exilis (Hoffman, 1963){{snd}}USA (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)

:* Neosiro kamiakensis Newell, 1943 {{snd}}USA (Washington, Idaho)

:* Neosiro ligiae (Giribet, 2017) {{snd}}USA (Oregon)

:* Neosiro martensi Karaman, 2022{{snd}}USA (Oregon)

:* Neosiro richarti (Benavides & Giribet, 2017){{snd}}USA (Idaho)

:* [Also †Neosiro balticus (Dunlop & Mitov, 2011) (fossil, Baltic amber)]

:* Odontosiro lusitanicus Juberthie, 1961{{snd}}Portugal, Spain

:* Paramiopsalis anadonae Giribet, Merino-Sáinz & Benavides, 2017{{snd}}Spain

:* Paramiopsalis eduardoi Murienne & Giribet, 2009{{snd}}Spain

:* Paramiopsalis ramblae Benavides & Giribet, 2017{{snd}}Spain

:* Paramiopsalis ramulosa Juberthie, 1962{{snd}}Spain

:* Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956{{snd}}Poland, Slovakia

:* Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006{{snd}}Slovenia

:* Siro franzi Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022{{snd}}Austria

:* Siro ozimeci Karaman, 2022{{snd}}Croatia

:* Siro rubens Latreille, 1804{{snd}}France

:* Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990{{snd}}Italy

:* †Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)

:* Suzukielus sauteri (Roewer, 1916){{snd}}Japan

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

:* Marwe coarctata Shear, 1985

References

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{{Cite web|title=Sironidae|url=https://wcolite.com|website= Kury, A. et al. (2024). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones|access-date=20 February 2024|language=en}}

{{aut|Giribet, G.}} (2007): Sironidae Simon, 1879. In: Pinto-de-Rocha, R. et al. 2007: 102f

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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}}
  • {{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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