Megabunus
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| Megabunus | |
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| Megabunus diadema | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Phalangiidae |
| Genus: | Megabunus Meade, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Megabunus insignis Meade, 1855 | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Megabunus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Phalangiidae.[1][2] All occur in Europe, mostly in the vicinity of the Alps.[2]
In Megabunus, the pedipalps are armed with strong ventral spines, especially on the femur, probably to hold fast to prey.[3]
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek mega "big" and -bunus, which is a common ending for certain opilionid genera.
Species
There are eleven recognized species:[1][2]
- Megabunus armatus (Kulczyński, 1887) (Tirols, Slovenia)
- Megabunus bergomas Chemini, 1985 (Italy)
- Megabunus coelodonta Muster & Steiner, 2015 (Western Alps)
- Megabunus cryptobergomas Muster & Wachter, 2015 (Northern Italy)
- Megabunus diadema (Fabricius, 1779) (Western Europe)
- Megabunus hadzii (Kratochvíl, 1935)
- Megabunus lentipes Muster & Komposch, 2015 (Western Alps)
- Megabunus lesserti Schenkel, 1927 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland; possibly a variation of M. armatus)
- Megabunus pifkoi Murányi, 2008
- Megabunus rhinoceros (Canestrini, 1872) (Swiss Alps)
- Megabunus vignai Martens, 1978 (Italy)
