Paranonychus Explained

Paranonychus is a genus of harvestman in the family Paranonychidae. There are three described species in Paranonychus. The Japanese species Paranonychus fuscus was originally described in its own genus as Mutsunonychus fuscus Suzuki 1976, but considered its own species and part of Paranonychus in later studies.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Paranonychus:

• Paranonychus brunneus (Banks, 1893)USA (Oregon, Washington to Alaska), Canada (British Columbia).
• Paranonychus concolor Briggs, 1971 USA (Oregon, single location in Cascade range).
• Paranonychus fuscus (Suzuki, 1976)Japan (widespread northern Honshu, Aomori Pref. etc).

Further reading

• Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America. 2010. Derkarabetian . Shahan. Steinmann . David B.. Hedin . Marshal. PLOS ONE. 5. 5. e10388. 10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. 2010PLoSO...510388D. 2866537. 20479884. free.
• A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores. 2010. Giribet . Gonzalo. Vogt . Lars. Pérez=González . Abel. Sharma . Prashant. Kury . Adriano B.. 4. Cladistics. 26. 4. 408–437. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x. 84058161. free.
• World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. 2014. Kury . Adriano B.. Mendes . Amanda C.. Souza . Daniele R.. Biodiversity Data Journal. . 2. e4094. 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. 4238074. 25425936. free.
• Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychin.... 2008. Shear . William A.. Derkarabetian . Shahan. Zootaxa. 1809. 1. 67–68. 10.11646/zootaxa.1809.1.5.
• (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.