Phalangium
Phalangium is a genus of harvestmen that occur mostly in the Old World. The best known species is Phalangium opilio, which is so common in many temperate regions that it is simply called "harvestman".
Species
The genus Phalangium contains the following species:Phalangium aegyptiacum Savigny, 1816 Phalangium bilineatum Fabricius, 1779Phalangium cancroides Müller, 1776Phalangium clavipus Roewer, 1911 Phalangium conigerum Sørensen, 1912Phalangium coronatum Fabricius, 1779Phalangium crassum Dufour, 1831Phalangium cristatum Olivier, 1791Phalangium grossipes Müller, 1776Phalangium iberica Schenkel, 1939 Phalangium incanum C. L. Koch, 1839Phalangium licenti Schenkel, 1953Phalangium ligusticum Phalangium lineola Dufour, 1831Phalangium litorale Störm, 1762Phalangium lupatum Eichwald, 1830Phalangium mamillatum Gervais, 1844 Phalangium mesomelas Soerensen, 1910 Phalangium minutum Meade, 1861Phalangium mucronatum Müller, 1776Phalangium muscorum Latreille, 1802Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1761 Phalangium ortoni Wood, 1869 Phalangium pallidum Müller, 1776Phalangium palmatum Herbst, 1797Phalangium punctipes Phalangium pygnogonum Müller, 1776Phalangium riedeli Starega, 1973Phalangium rubens Hermann, 1804Phalangium rudipalpe Gervais, 1849Phalangium savignyi Savignyi, 1826 Phalangium spiniferum Cantor, 1842 Phalangium targionii Phalangium tricuspidatum Dufour, 1831Phalangium uncatum Hermann, 1804Valid species (as of 2014)
Of the 35 species listed above, 6 are valid, 3 belong to different genera of the opiliones, 4 belong to different arachnid orders, 2 are species inquirenda and 20 are nomina dubia.The type species is P. opilio, not P. iberica, as designated by Latreille in 1810.
In addition to the 6 valid names from the above list, the genus Bactrophalangium has been synonymized into Phalangium, 8 species have been described since 2005 and one species described in 1953 is missing from the above list, making a total of 17 species currently recognized as valid.