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Tithaeidae
Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.[1][2]
The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.[1][3][4]
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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
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