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Annual Review of Entomology

Volume 60, 2015

Evolutionary Biology of Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)

Abstract

Opiliones are one of the largest arachnid orders, with more than 6,500 species in 50 families. Many of these families have been erected or reorganized in the last few years since the publication of Recent years have also seen an explosion in phylogenetic work on Opiliones, as well as in studies using Opiliones as test cases to address biogeographic and evolutionary questions more broadly. Accelerated activity in the study of Opiliones evolution has been facilitated by the discovery of several key fossils, including the oldest known Opiliones fossil, which represents a new, extinct suborder. Study of the group's biology has also benefited from rapid accrual of genomic resources, particularly with respect to transcriptomes and functional genetic tools. The rapid emergence and utility of as a model for evolutionary developmental biology of arthropods serve as demonstrative evidence of a new area of study in Opiliones biology, made possible through transcriptomic data.

Keyword(s): biogeography, daddy long-legs, evo-devo, paleontology, phylogeny
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Evolutionary Biology of Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)
Annual Review of Entomology 60, 157 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021028
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