Taracidae
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Crosbycus dasycnemus
Crosbycus dasycnemus is a species of harvestman in the family Taracidae, described by Crosby in 1911. It belongs to the suborder Dyspnoi, a group of long-legged harvestmen. Records indicate occurrence in scattered localities across the eastern and central United States. The species is poorly documented, with minimal published information on its biology.
Hesperonemastoma
Hesperonemastoma is a genus of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the family Taracidae, established by Gruber in 1970. The genus contains five described species distributed in North America. These harvestmen are classified in the suborder Dyspnoi and superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea.
Hesperonemastoma modestum
Hesperonemastoma modestum is a species of harvestman (Opiliones) in the family Taracidae. It was described by Nathan Banks in 1894 and occurs in western North America. The species has been recorded from British Columbia and several locations in California and Oregon. Like other taracids, it belongs to the suborder Dyspnoi.
Oskoron
A genus of harvestmen in the family Taracidae, established by Shear in 2016. It was erected to accommodate O. spinosus, transferred from Taracus where it had been placed by Banks in 1894, along with two newly described species from the Pacific Northwest. The genus is distinguished from Taracus by cheliceral morphology.
Oskoron spinosus
Oskoron spinosus is a harvestman (order Opiliones) and the type species of the genus Oskoron, established to accommodate this species and two close relatives distinct from the genus Taracus. Originally described as Taracus spinosus by Banks in 1894, it was later treated as Taracus malkini before being synonymized and transferred to the new genus Oskoron. It belongs to the family Taracidae within the superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea.
Taracus carmanah
Taracus carmanah is a species of harvestman (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae) described in 2016 from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The species name refers to Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, a protected old-growth forest area on southwestern Vancouver Island. It was described as part of a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Taracus, which included redescription of all previously named species and description of eight new species across western North America.
Taracus packardi
Taracus packardi is a species of harvestman (Opiliones) in the family Taracidae. First described by Simon in 1879, this species occurs in North America. The taxon was revised in 2016, with Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 synonymized with T. packardi.
Taracus silvestrii
Taracus silvestrii is a species of harvestman in the family Taracidae, described by Roewer in 1929. It belongs to the suborder Dyspnoi, a group of long-legged arachnids commonly known as harvestmen or daddy longlegs. Members of the genus Taracus are characterized by their elongated body form and exceptionally long, slender legs relative to body size. The species is known from limited collection records in North America.
Taracus spesavius
Taracus spesavius is a harvestman species described in 2016 from Nevada, United States. It belongs to the family Taracidae, a group of small to medium-sized ischyropsalidoid harvestmen found in western North America. The species was established during a comprehensive revision of the genus Taracus that expanded the known distribution of the genus to include Nevada and several other western states and Canadian provinces.
Taracus taylori
Taracus taylori is a species of harvestman (Opiliones: Taracidae) described from Nevada in 2016. It belongs to the genus Taracus, a group of ischyropsalidoid harvestmen found in western North America. The species was established during a comprehensive revision of the genus that redescribed all previously named species and described multiple new species.
Taracus ubicki
A small harvestman species in the family Taracidae, described from California in 2016 as part of a major revision of the genus Taracus. The species is one of eight new Taracus species described in that work, expanding known diversity in western North American ischyropsalidoid harvestmen.