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Ceratolasmatidae

Ceratolasmatidae
Female Acuclavella shoshone (sensu stricto) - ZooKeys-311-019-g002-crop.jpeg
Acuclavella shoshone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Dyspnoi
Superfamily: Ischyropsalidoidea
Family: Ceratolasmatidae
Shear, 1986
Species
see text
Diversity
11 species

The Ceratolasmatidae are a family of harvestmen with eleven described species.

The monophyly of this family is questionable; it is composed of three possibly monophyletic groups:

The family is restricted to North America, from California to British Columbia. Crosbycus is also found in Eastern Asia.

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek keras "horn" and the ending -lasma, referring to the similarity of genera such as Ortholasma and Dendrolasma (Nemastomatidae).


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