Opiliones
Animal / pathogen
Entomophthora phalangicida infects adult of Opiliones
Animal / predator
nymph of Reduvius personatus is predator of Opiliones
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Opiliones (Opiliones 3 families 7 spp.) preys on:
Diptera
Collembola
Oniscidae
Plantae
live leaves
roots
fruit
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
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Opiliones (Opiliones 3 families 7 spp.) is prey of:
Amphisbaena caeca
Herpestes auropunctatus
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Eleutherodactylus richmondi
Anolis gundlachi
Sphaerodactylus klauberi
Diploglossus pleei
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
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Harvestmen have eyes, but don't see very well. They probably rely on touch and smell
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These animals have to shed their exoskeleton in order to grow. They don't change their shape much as they grow, just get bigger and grow longer legs. Often they hang upside down while shedding.
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Usually only one year.
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Harvestmen mate, and then the females lay eggs in nests or crevices or other hidden places. They sometimes lay hundreds of eggs in one summer, in several separate batches.
Breeding season: The warm parts of the year.
Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous ; seasonal breeding ; parthenogenic ; sexual ; oviparous
Females place their eggs in protected hidden places. Sometimes they guard their eggs and hatchlings, cleaning the eggs of any disease organisms. In a few harvestman species the male does the guarding and cleaning.
Parental Investment: no parental involvement; male parental care ; female parental care
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:4603
Specimens with Sequences:2429
Specimens with Barcodes:2165
Species:518
Species With Barcodes:354
Public Records:2224
Public Species:300
Public BINs:493
These long-legged arachnids are found all around the world. They are most diverse in tropical Southeast Asia and South America, but there are harvestman species everywhere, even in much colder regions.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); palearctic (Native ); oriental (Native ); ethiopian (Native ); neotropical (Native ); australian (Native ); oceanic islands (Introduced )
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