Siro (harvestman)

Siro is a genus of mite harvestmen in the family Sironidae with 7 described species (6 extant, 1 extinct).^[1][2] All are found in Europe.^[1][3][4]

Siro
Siro rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Sironidae
Genus:	Siro Latreille, 1795
Type species
Siro rubens Latreille, 1802
Species
See text
Diversity
7 species (inc. 1 extinct)

Description

The genus Siro was described by Latreille, 1795 with the type species Siro rubens Latreille, 1802 only later designated (by subsequent monotypy).^[5]

Species

These 7 species (including one extinct species) belong to the genus Siro: (after Giribet & Shear, 2010)^[5]

• Siro carpaticus Rafalski, 1956 – Poland, Slovakia
• Siro crassus Novak & Giribet, 2006 – Slovenia
• Siro franzi Karaman & Raspotnig, 2022 – Austria
• Siro ozimeci Karaman, 2022 – Croatia
• Siro rubens Latreille, 1804 – France
• Siro valleorum Chemini, 1990 – Italy
• [Also see † Siro platypedibus Dunlop & Giribet, 2003 (fossil, Bitterfield amber from Bitterfeld, Germany)]

Many species once placed in Siro have since transferred to other genera, including:
To Arhesiro:

• Siro clousi Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro sonoma Shear, 1980

To Holosiro:

• Siro acaroides (Ewing, 1923)
• Siro calaveras Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro shasta Giribet & Shear, 2010

To Neosiro:

• Siro boyerae Giribet & Shear, 2010
• Siro exilis Hoffman, 1963
• Siro kamiakensis (Newell, 1943)