Travuniidae
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| Travuniidae | |
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| Peltonychia leprieurii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Travunioidea |
| Family: | Travuniidae Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 9 genera, > 10 species | |
The Travuniidae are a small family of harvestman with little more than ten described species, within the suborder Laniatores.
Distribution
Relationships
Travuniidae are most closely related to Cladonychiidae; it is even possible that Travuniidae is paraphyletic in respect to this family.[1]
Name
The name of the type genus is derived from the Latin name of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]