Cyphophthalmus

Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Cyphophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder:	Boreophthalmi
Family:	Sironidae
Genus:	Cyphophthalmus Joseph, 1869
Type species
Cyphophthalmus duricorius Joseph, 1869
Species
See text
Diversity
32 species
Synonyms
Including: Tranteeva Kratochvil, 1958

Cyphophthalmus is a genus of harvestmen belonging to the family Sironidae.^[1]^[2] It is found in Europe notably with several species in the Balkans and Turkey.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Description

The genus Cyphophthalmus was described by Joseph, 1869, with the type species Cyphophthalmus duricorius Joseph, 1869.

Species

These species belong to the genus Cyphophthalmus: See under Sironidae or list

Note, above includes former:

Tranteeva paradoxa Kratochvil, 1958, revised as Cyphophthalmus paradoxus (Kratochvil, 1958) in Karaman 2009: 262.

Etymology

The genus is feminine.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cyphophthalmus". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Cyphophthalmus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Cyphophthalmus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Cyphophthalmus". GBIF. Retrieved 24 January 2024.