Megacina is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Phalangodidae. There are at least four described species in Megacina.[1][2][3]
| Megacina | |
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| Megacina cockerelli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Phalangodidae |
| Genus: | Megacina Ubick & Briggs, 2008 |
Species edit
These four species belong to the genus Megacina:
- Megacina cockerelli (C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942)
- Megacina madera (Briggs, 1968)
- Megacina mayacma Ubick & Briggs, 2008
- Megacina schusteri Ubick & Briggs, 2008
References edit
- ^ "Megacina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Megacina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Megacina genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading edit
- Kury, Adriano B. (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. Volumen Especial Monográfico: 5–337. ISSN 1576-9518.
- Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal (2): e4094. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. PMC 4238074. PMID 25425936.
- Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". PLOS ONE. 5 (5): e10388. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. PMC 2866537. PMID 20479884.
- Giribet, Gonzalo; Vogt, Lars; González, Abel P.érez; Sharma, Prashant; et al. (2010). "A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores". Cladistics. 26 (4): 408–437. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x. S2CID 84058161.
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