Biology:Holosiro

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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Holosiro
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder: Boreophthalmi
Family: Sironidae
Genus: Holosiro
Ewing, 1923
Type species
Holosiro acaroides
Ewing, 1923
Species

See text

Diversity
4 species

Holosiro is a genus of mite harvestman in the family Sironidae.[1][2] It is found in North America, only in the USA, with one species in California , another in Oregon.[1][3][4][5]

Description

The genus Holosiro was described by Ewing, 1923, with the type species Holosiro acaroides Ewing, 1923. For several years the genus was treated as a junior subjective synonym Siro Latreille, 1797.[6]

Species

These species belong to the genus Holosiro:

Etymology

The genus is masculine, derived from Siro

References

Further reading

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN:0-674-02343-9

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q117288831 entry