Leiobunum [SEP] parent taxon
Leiobunum
Leiobunum is a genus of the harvestman family Sclerosomatidae with more than a hundred described species. Contrary to popular belief, they are not spiders, although they share a resemblance. They are arachnids, in the order Opiliones, harvestmen. Species in "Leiobunum" tend to have relatively long legs compared with other harvestmen, and some species are gregarious.
Body Form.
The teguments are soft or subcoriaceous. The striae of the cephalothorax and of the three last abdominal segments are very distinct; those of the anterior
(Macedonia)
- "Leiobunum guerreoensis" (Mexico)
- "Leiobunum hedini" (China)
- "Leiobunum heinrichi"
- "Leiobunum hiasai"
- "Leiobunum hikocola"
- "Leiobunum hiraiwai"
- "Leiobunum hoffmani"
- "Leiobunum holtae"
- "Leiobunum hongkongium"
- "Leiobunum hoogstraali" (Mexico)
- "Leiobunum knighti" (Mexico)
- "Leiobunum humile"
- † "Leiobunum inclusum" (fossil: Baltic amber)