Yania
Appearance
Yania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
Family: | Prostygnidae |
Genus: | Yania Roewer, 1914 |
Species: | Y. flavolimbata
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Binomial name | |
Yania flavolimbata Roewer, 1914
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Yania is a genus of harvestmen from South America.[1][2] Yania flavolimbata is the only species in the monotypic genus Yania. It was first described by Roewer, 1914.
Description
[edit]Yania flavolimbata is endemic to Ecuador, with the sole male holotype from “Yana Urcu, 4536 m”.[1][3][4]
Species
[edit]These species belong to the genus Yania:
- Yania flavolimbata Roewer 1914 – Ecuador
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yania". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Kury, A. B. (1994). "The genus Yania Roewer, 1919, and other presumed Tricommatidae from South American highlands (Opiliones, Cranaidae, Prostygninae)". Revue Arachnologique. 10 (7): 137–145.
- ^ "Yania". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Yania". iNaturalist. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
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