The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').
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Affected Part | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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is predated by adult | Reduvius personatus | an assassin bug | Hemiptera: Reduviidae | Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 |
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is predated by nymph | Reduvius personatus | an assassin bug | Hemiptera: Reduviidae | Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 |
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adult may be infected by | Pandora phalangicida | an entomophagous fungus | Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae | Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 | Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles | Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. |
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 | Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato | Bull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143. |
Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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Suborder | 4 subtaxa | 5 references |
Order | OPILIONES (harvestmen) |
Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OPILIONES (harvestmen) |
Author | Year | Title | Source | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anon. | Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website | srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Locate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. | 1961 | Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects | 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hillyard, P.D. & Sankey, J.H.P. | 1989 | Harvestmen (ed 2) | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 2nd edition edition, 76pp, Field Studies Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hillyard, P.D. | 2005 | Harvestmen (ed 3) | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 3rd edition edition, 167pp, Field Studies Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jones, D. | 1983 | The Country Life Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe | Country Life Guides, 320pp, Country Life Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oger, P. | Les araignees de Belgique et France - Opiliones | arachno.piwigo.com/index?/category/697-opiliones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
() | Richards, R. | 2010 | Guide to Harvestmen of the British Isles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sankey, J.H.P. & Savory, T.H. | 1974 | British Harvestmen | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 76pp, The Linnean Society of London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Savory, T.H. | 1955 | The World of Small Animals | 160pp, University of London Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wijnhoven, H. | 2009 | De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) | 118pp |
OPILIONES (harvestmen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to OPILIONES (harvestmen):
The male or female genitalia are sometimes required for identification.
They can be made to extrude by lying the spider on its back, then gently pressing/squeezing the body with finger and thumb. Maintain the pressure as the organ everts to its full length - they are surprisingly long.
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