Sabaconidae
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The Sabaconidae are a family of harvestmen with about 50 known species.
The species range in body length from 1.2 to 5.5 mm. The relatively small chelicerae
are sexually dimorphic
. In Taracus the chelicerae are strongly elongated. The characteristic, ofter relatively stout pedipalp
s are often longer than the body.
: Taracus is only found in western North America
and eastern Siberia
. Sabacon occurs in southwestern Europe
plus southern Wales
, and temperate Asia
, up to Japan
, China
and the Himalayan region.
The species range in body length from 1.2 to 5.5 mm. The relatively small chelicerae
Chelicerae
The chelicerae are mouthparts of the Chelicerata, an arthropod subphylum that includes arachnids, Merostomata , and Pycnogonida . Chelicerae are pointed appendages which are used to grasp food, and are found in place of the chewing mandibles most other arthropods have...
are sexually dimorphic
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...
. In Taracus the chelicerae are strongly elongated. The characteristic, ofter relatively stout pedipalp
Pedipalp
Pedipalps , are the second pair of appendages of the prosoma in the subphylum Chelicerata. They are traditionally thought to be homologous with mandibles in Crustacea and insects, although more recent studies Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi), are the second pair of appendages of the...
s are often longer than the body.
Distribution
Sabaconidae appear in the Northern hemisphereNorthern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
: Taracus is only found in western North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and eastern Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. Sabacon occurs in southwestern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
plus southern Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, and temperate Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, up to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and the Himalayan region.
Species
- SabaconSabaconSabacon is a genus of the harvestman family Sabaconidae with about forty species.Species of this genus have usually thickened pedipalps with stiff, fine hairs, which is unique among harvestmen. Although the small eye tubercle is usually not ornamented, there is a spine on one Nepalese species...
SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1879 - Sabacon akiyoshiense Suzuki, 1963
- Sabacon altomontanum Martens, 1983 (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - Sabacon astoriensis Shear, 1975
- † Sabacon bachofeni RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1939 (fossilFossilFossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
: Baltic amber) - Sabacon briggsi Shear, 1975
- Sabacon bryantii (BanksNathan BanksNathan Banks was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina . He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA...
, 1898) (Alaska) - Sabacon cavicolensSabacon cavicolensSabacon cavicolens is a species of harvestman.-Distribution:It was originally described from Bat Cave, Carter County, Kentucky and New Hampshire, and a year later found under rotten logs in a deep gorge at Ithaca, New York....
(Packard, 1884) - Sabacon chomolongmae Martens, 1972
- Sabacon crassipalpe (L. KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, 1879) (SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
) - Sabacon dentipalpe Suzuki, 1949 (JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Sabacon dhaulagiri Martens, 1972
- Sabacon distinctum Suzuki, 1974
- Sabacon franzi Roewer, 1953
- Sabacon gonggashan Tsurusaki & Song, 1993 (SichuanSichuan' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
) - Sabacon imamurai Suzuki, 1964
- Sabacon iriei Suzuki, 1974
- Sabacon ishizuchi Suzuki, 1974
- Sabacon jiriensis Martens, 1972
- Sabacon jonesi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 (AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
) - Sabacon makinoi Suzuki, 1949 (Japan)
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- Sabacon makinoi makinoi Suzuki, 1949
- Sabacon makinoi sugimotoi Suzuki & Tsurusaki, 1983
- Sabacon martensi Tsurusaki & Song, 1993 (Sichuan)
- Sabacon mitchelli Crosby & Bishop, 1924 (North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
) - Sabacon okadai Suzuki, 1941
- Sabacon palpogranulatum Martens, 1972
- Sabacon paradoxum Simon, 1879 (PyreneesPyreneesThe Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
) - Sabacon pasonianum Glez-Luque, 1991 (cave in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) - Sabacon pectiginosa Simon, 1913 (Spain)
- Sabacon picosantrum Martens, 1983 (Spain)
- Sabacon pygmaeum Miyosi, 1942 (Japan)
- Sabacon relictum Marten, 1972
- Sabacon robusta Simon, 1873 (Spain)
- Sabacon satoikioi Miyosi, 1942
- Sabacon sergeidedicatum Martens, 1989 (Siberia)
- Sabacon sheari Cokendolpher, 1984 (OregonOregonOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
) - Sabacon simoni Dresco, 1952
- Sabacon siskiyou Shear, 1975
- Sabacon unicornis Martens, 1972
- Sabacon viscayanum Simon, 1881
- Sabacon viscayanum ramblaianum Martens, 1983 (France)
- Sabacon viscayanum viscayanum Simon, 1881
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- Taracus Simon, 1879
- Taracus birsteini Ljovschkin, 1971 (Russia)
- Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 (Oregon)
- Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 (CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) - Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 (ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
) - Taracus packardi Simon, 1879 (Colorado)
- Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894 (Washington)
- Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1930 (cave in USA)
- Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 (California)