Tithaeidae
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Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.
The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.
Description
They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.
Name
The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"
Genera
- Istithaeus Roewer, 1949
- Kondosus Roewer, 1949
- Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891
- Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949
- Tithaeus Thorell, 1890
- †Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
- Data related to Tithaeidae at Wikispecies