Harvestmen
Opiliones
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, daddy long legs, or granddaddy long legs. Over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. The order Opiliones includes five suborders: Cyphophthalmi, Eupnoi, Dyspnoi, Laniatores, and Tetrophthalmi, the latter named in 2014.
Representatives of each extant suborder can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
4 branches of this order, most-observed first
Eupnoan Harvestmen
suborderEupnoi
Armored Harvestmen
suborderLaniatores
Dyspnoan Harvestmen
suborderDyspnoi
Mite Harvestmen
suborderCyphophthalmi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47367.