Neopilionidae
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The Neopilionidae are a family of harvestmen.
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Pantopsalis listeri | |
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Family: | Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931 |
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19 genera, 78 species |
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It has a clearly Gondwanan distribution, with species found in Australia, South Africa and South America, and probably represent relicts of that time.
The family members range in size from the small Americovibone lancafrancoae (0.9 mm) to over 4 mm in the Enantiobuninae.[1]
Some species of Enantiobuninae have blue pigmentation, which is rather unusual in harvestmen.[1]
The former family "Monoscutidae" has recently been subsumed within the subfamily Enantiobuninae.[2]