Synthetonychiidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Suborder: | Laniatores |
Infraorder: | Insidiatores |
Superfamily: | Triaenonychoidea |
Family: | Synthetonychiidae Forster, 1954 |
Type genus | |
Synthetonychia Forster, 1954
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Diversity | |
1 genus, 14 species |
The Synthetonychiidae are a small family of harvestman with a handful of species in a single genus.[1] They are endemic to New Zealand.
Species in this family are between one and two millimeters long, with legs up to almost six mm.[2]
All described species occur only on New Zealand.[2]
Synthetonychiidae seem to be closely related to the Triaenonychidae from the Australian region.[2]
The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek synthetos "compounded" and onychion, the diminutive of onyx "claw".[2]
In Synthetonychia Forster, 1954: