Neopilionidae
| Neopilionidae | |
|---|---|
| Pantopsalis listeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Phalangioidea |
| Family: | Neopilionidae Lawrence, 1931 |
| Diversity | |
| 19 genera, 78 species | |
The Neopilionidae are a family of harvestmen.
It has a clearly Gondwanan distribution, with species found in Australia, South Africa and South America; they 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.
Some species of Enantiobuninae have blue pigmentation, which is rather unusual in harvestmen.
The former family "Monoscutidae" has recently been subsumed within the subfamily Enantiobuninae.