Buresilia is a genus of harvestmen in the family Phalangiidae with three described species (as of 2023).[1][2] The species are found in West Asia, Anatolia and Cyprus.[1][3][4]

Buresilia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Subfamily: Platybuninae
Genus: Buresilia
Silhavý, 1965
Type species
Buresilia nigerrima
(Roewer, 1956)
Diversity
3 species

In some older listings, the species Buresilia nigerrima is malformed as the masculine "nigerrimus" [5]

Description

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The genus Buresilia was described by Vladimír Šilhavý, 1965 [6] with the type species Metadasylobus nigerrimus Roewer, 1956, revised as Buresilia nigerrima (Roewer, 1956).

Etymology

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The genus is feminine.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Buresilia". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  2. ^ "Buresilia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  3. ^ "Buresilia". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  4. ^ "Buresilia". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. ^ Joel Hallan (ed.). "Phalangiidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  6. ^ Šilhavý, W. (1965). "Opiliones Kosarze (Arachnoidea)". Fauna polski. 5: 1–197.
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