Tithaeidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Epedanoidea
Family:	Tithaeidae Sharma & Giribet, 2011
Genera
See text for list
Diversity
5 genera, c. 41 spp

Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.^[1][2]

The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.^[1][3][4]

Description

They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.

Name

The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"

Genera

• Istithaeus Roewer, 1949
• Kondosus Roewer, 1949
• Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891
• Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949
• Tithaeus Thorell, 1890

• †Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

References

• Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9

External links

• Media related to Tithaeidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Tithaeidae at Wikispecies