Petrobunidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 8 described extant species.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Epedanoidea |
| Family: | Petrobunidae Sharma & Giribet, 2011 |
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| Diversity | |
| 3 genera, 8 spp | |
The Petrobunidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.[1][3][4]
Description
editThey are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.
Name
editThe type genus Petrobunus Sharma & Giribet, 2011 is derived from Ancient Greek ‘Pétrā’ (πέτρᾱ), meaning ‘stone’ or ‘pebble’; and ‘-bunus’, a common suffix in Opiliones taxonomy (e.g. Hadrobunus, Triaenobunus, Dibunus). The prefix is in reference to males of this genus, which when seen by eye appear to have pebbles on the proximal fourth leg due to their greatly enlarged trochanter IV. It is also wordplay, as the type species Petrobunus schwendingeri Sharma & Giribet, 2011 was named in honour of Dr Peter J. Schwendinger (Sharma & Giribet, 2011, p.115), whose given name has the Latin equivalent Petrus, with the same Greek origins as above (see Sharma & Giribet, 2011, p.111).
Genera
edit- Petrobunus Sharma & Giribet, 2011
- Proscotolemon Roewer, 1916
- Zalmoxida Roewer, 1912
- †Petroburma Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Tarasov, Ren & Shih, 2022 — Burmese amber, Myanmar (Cenomanian)
References
edit- ^ a b "Petrobunidae". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Petrobunidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Petrobunidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Petrobunidae". GBIF. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
References
edit- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
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Media related to Petrobunidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Petrobunidae at Wikispecies
