Parasironidae

Parasironidae; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Cyphophthalmi
Family:	Parasironidae; Karaman, Mitov & Snegovaya, 2024
Diversity
	4 genera, 7 species

Parasironidae is a family of harvestmen with 7 described species.^[1]^[2]

The family shows a European distribution, with species found in the Mediterranean.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Name[edit]

Parasironidae is derived from the type genus Parasiro Hansen & Sørensen, 1904.^[5]

Below is from "World Catalog of Opiliones" (as of early 2024, after transfer of Parasiro).^[1]

Ebrosiro coiffaiti (Juberthie, 1956) – Spain, France ("Ebro continental Block")

^ ^a ^b ^c Kury, A. (2024). "Parasironidae". WCO-Lite 2.6: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Parasironidae (PENDING DIRECT LINK)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Parasironidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Parasironidae (PENDING DIRECT LINK)". Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ Karaman, I.M.; Mitov, P.G.; Snegovaya, N.Y. (2024). "Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 921: 173–209. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2427.

Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
Boyer, Sarah L.; Karaman, Ivo M. & Giribet, Gonzalo (2005): The genus Cyphophthalmus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Europe: A phylogenetic approach to Balkan Peninsula biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(3): 554–567. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.004
Checklist of the Cyphophthalmi species of the World