Stylocellidae

Stylocellidae
Temporal range:
Leptopsalis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Cyphophthalmi
Infraorder: Boreophthalmi
Family: Stylocellidae
Hansen & Sørensen, 1904
Genera

See text

Diversity
6 genera, c. 40 species

The Stylocellidae are a family of harvestmen with about 40 described species, all of which occur in Southern or Southeastern Asia. Members of this family are from one to seven millimeters long. While Stylocellus species have eyes, these are absent in the other two genera.

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