Fossil harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Bitterfeld amber
Author
Dunlop, Jason
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Author
Mitov, Plamen
University of Sofia, Sofia ,, Bulgaria
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-07-29
16
347
375
journal article
10.3897/zookeys.16.224
2bb0a745-07bd-4df6-99e7-4d8a6b242aa5
1313–2970
576490
DB5973A9-8CF6-400B-87C4-7A4521BD3117
Family
Phalangiidae
Latreille, 1802
Dicranopalpus
genus group
Remarks
.
The following two genera are clearly related, but their position has been debated. For example
Martens (1978)
referred them to Gyantinae [= Gyinae].
Crawford (1992
, p. 4) disputed this and recognised an informal ‘
Dicranopalpus
genus group’ comprising
Dicranopalpus
,
Amelinus
and
Lanthanopilio
Cokendolpher & Cokendolpher, 1984
; which he suggested could eventually merit family status. In the absence of further revision, Crawford’s term is adopted here.