Caddo agilis
Banks, 1892
Caddo agilis is a of harvestman (Opiliones) in the Caddidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. It exhibits a disjunct distribution spanning North America and Japan, a pattern shared with its Caddo pepperella. Phylogenetic evidence indicates these two species diverged before acquiring their current geographic ranges, suggesting the disjunction resulted from vicariance rather than recent . The species belongs to a small family of harvestmen characterized by distinctive morphological features.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Caddo agilis: //ˈkædoʊ əˈdʒɪlɪs//
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Distribution
North America (including Connecticut, Massachusetts, District of Columbia) and Japan (including Ehime and Fukuoka prefectures). The distribution is disjunct and sympatric with Caddo pepperella in both regions.
Similar Taxa
- Caddo pepperellaCongeneric with overlapping distribution in North America and Japan; distinguished by phylogenetic divergence predating the shared disjunct pattern
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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- Caddo agilis and C. pepperella (Opiliones, Caddidae) diverged phylogenetically before acquiring their disjunct, sympatric distributions in Japan and North America