Neopilionidae


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 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.

Name

The family name is a contraction of Ancient Greek neo "new" and Latin Opilio, a genus of harvestman.

Subdivisions

According to the Catalogue of Life, Neopilionidae includes 3 subfamilies, which contain a total of 27 genera and 81 species.