Dicranopalpus

Dicranopalpus Temporal range:
D. ramosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Phalangiidae
Subfamily:	Gyantinae
Genus:	Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852
Type species
Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschall, 1852
Diversity
13 species
Synonyms
Dichranochirus Egaenasser Fagea Liodes Prosalpia

Dicranopalpus is a genus of harvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all from Baltic amber, but only D. ramiger is currently considered valid.

Name

The genus name refers to the peculiar form of the palps in at least the first described species, D. gasteinensis (and D. ramosus), derived from di "two", cranium "head", and palpus.

Species

• Dicranopalpus angolensis (Lawrence, 1951)
• Dicranopalpus bolivari (Dresco, 1949) (Venezuela)
• Dicranopalpus brevipes (I. Marcellino, 1974)
• Dicranopalpus caudatus (Dresco, 1948)
• Dicranopalpus cantabricus (Dresco, 1953)
• Dicranopalpus dispar (M. Rambla, 1967)
• Dicranopalpus fraternus (Szalay, 1950)
• Dicranopalpus gasteinensis (Doleschal, 1852) (Alps)
• Dicranopalpus insignipalpis (Simon, 1879) (Corsica)
• Dicranopalpus larvatus (Canestrini, 1874) (Italy)
• Dicranopalpus martini (Simon, 1878) (Portugal)
• Dicranopalpus pyrenaeus (Dresco, 1948) (France)
• Dicranopalpus pulchellus (Rambla, 1960)
• † Dicranopalpus ramiger (Koch & Berendt, 1854) (Baltic and Bitterfeld amber fossil)
  • = † Dicranopalpus corniger (Menge, 1854) (Baltic amber)
  • = † Dicranopalpus palmnickensis (Roewer, 1939) (Baltic amber)
• Dicranopalpus ramosus (Simon, 1909) (Western Europe)

Further reading

• Starȩga, W. (2002): Baltic amber harvestmen (Opiliones) from Polish collections. Annales zoologici 52(4): 601-604.