Phalangiidae

Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802
Schneider
Phalangium opilio, Weibchen
Systematik
Ordnung: Opiliones (Weberknechte)

Merkmale

Die Hauptmerkmale der Familie Phalangiidae sind:

• Pedipalpen und Chelizeren von dorsal sichtbar
• Tarsus der Pedipalpen länger als die Tibia
• „Opisthosoma” ohne massive Dornen
• Augenhügel mit Tuberkeln
• Tarsalklauen ohne kammartige Strukturen.

Gattungen und Verbreitung

In Europa und im Maghreb kommen nach Datenlage dieses Wikis 34 Gattungen der Familie Phalangiidae vor.^[A]

Name	NO	SE	FI	IE	GB	GB-NIR	DK	DE	NL	BE	LU	PL	LT	LV	EE	CH	AT	LI	CZ	SK	HU
Amilenus						?		×		×	×					×	×	?	×		×
Dasylobus						?		(×)								×	×	?
Dicranopalpus		×		×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×				×	×	?		×
Egaenus						?		×				×					×	?	×	×	×
Gyas						?		×		–		×				×	×	?	×	×	×
Lacinius	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Lophopilio	×	×	×		×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Megabunus	×			×	×	?	×	×	×							×	×	?
Mitopus	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Odiellus				×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×				×		?			×
Oligolophus	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Opilio	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Paroligolophus	×	×		×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×						?
Phalangium	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Platybunus		×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×				×	×	?	×	×	×
Rilaena	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	?	×	×	×
Zachaeus						?											×	?	×	×	×

Name	PT	ES	ES-IB	AD	FR	FRH	IT	IT82	IT88	RO	BG	BA	SI	HR	ME	MK	RS	KV	AL	GR	GR-M
Amilenus					×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×
Andasylobus		×
Dasylobus	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×		×		×	×						×	×
Dicranopalpus	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×				×
Egaenus							×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×			×	×
Graecophalangium											×				×	×			×	×	×
Gyas	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×		×	×
Kalliste					×	×
Lacinius	×				×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×
Lophopilio					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Megabunus		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×	×	×	×				×
Metadasylobus																×
Metaphalangium	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×				×	×	×		–		×	×	×
Metaplatybunus							×	×	×			×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×
Mitopus		×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×		×
Odiellus	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×			×	×
Oligolophus		×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×
Opilio		×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Paroligolophus		×	×		×	×
Phalangium	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×			×	×
Platybunus					×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×		×
Rafalskia											×						×			×	×
Rilaena					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×		×	×	×
Roeweribunus					×	×
Roeweritta		×	×
Stankiella														×		×
Zachaeus							×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×		×			×	×

Name	UA	BY	MD	RU-KGD	RU-RUW	RU-RUC	RU-RUE	RU-RUN	RU-RUS	TR-EUR	TR-ASI	CY	AM	AZ	GE	MA	DZ	TN	LY	EG	MT
Buresilia			?							×	×	×
Dacnopilio			?													×	×
Dasylobus			?							×	×						×	×	×
Dicranopalpus	×		?													×
Egaenus	×	×	?							×	×
Graecophalangium			?							×	×
Gyas	×		?
Homolophus			?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×
Lacinius	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×				×	×	×
Lenkoraniella			?											×
Lophopilio	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×
Metaphalangium			?							×	×	×			×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Metaplatybunus	×		?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×				×
Mitopus	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	–				×	×	×	×
Odiellus	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×	×	×	×	×
Oligolophus	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	–
Opilio	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×	×	×
Paralacinius	×		?
Paroligolophus		–	?
Phalangium	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×	×	×
Platybunoides			?							×	×
Platybunus	×	×	?
Rafalskia			?							×	×
Rilaena	×	×	?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			×	×
Taurolaena	×		?
Zachaeus	×		?	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		×	×	×

Legende/Legend

?	Checkliste nicht verfügbar	No checklist available
×	Gattungsvorkommen bekannt	Genus documented
(×)	Gattungsvorkommen bekannt, keine Art etabliert	Genus documented, no species established
–	Gattungsvorkommen bekannt, alle Arten gestrichen	Genus documented, all species removed from list
	Checkliste enthält Gattung nicht	Checklist consulted, but genus not found
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Quellen

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