OPILIONES
(harvestmen)

Interactions where OPILIONES is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is predated by adult Reduvius personatus an assassin bug Hemiptera: Reduviidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Reduviidae/Reduvius personatus/Reduvius personatusan assassin bugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Opiliones/Opilionesharvestmen (5-end 9)adult is predator of
is predated by nymph Reduvius personatus an assassin bug Hemiptera: Reduviidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Reduviidae/Reduvius personatus/Reduvius personatusan assassin bugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Opiliones/Opilionesharvestmen nymph is predator of
adult may be infected by Pandora phalangicida an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Pandora phalangicida/Pandora phalangicidaan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Opiliones/Opilionesharvestmenadult infects adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu latoBull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.

OPILIONES (harvestmen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Suborder 5 subtaxa 6 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderOPILIONES (harvestmen)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OPILIONES (harvestmen)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Locate
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Hillyard, P.D. & Sankey, J.H.P. 1989 *** Harvestmen (ed 2) ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 2nd edition edition, 76pp, Field Studies Council
Hillyard, P.D. 2005 Harvestmen (ed 3) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 3rd edition edition, 167pp, Field Studies Council
Jones, D. 1983 The Country Life Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe Country Life Guides, 320pp, Country Life Books
Oger, P. Les araignees de Belgique et France - Opiliones arachno.piwigo.com/index?/category/697-opiliones
() Richards, R. 2010 Guide to Harvestmen of the British Isles
Sankey, J.H.P. & Savory, T.H. 1974 *** British Harvestmen ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 76pp, The Linnean Society of London
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press
Wijnhoven, H. 2009 De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) 118pp

OPILIONES (harvestmen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hadley, A. Micropics micropics.org.uk/index.htm
Sankey, J.H.P. 1988 Provisional atlas of the harvest-spiders (Arachnida:Opiliones) of the British Isles 42pp, Biological Records Centre

Regional

Stol, I. 2007 Checklist of Nordic Opiliones NJE Vol 54 (1): 23-26.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to OPILIONES (harvestmen):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 200 images of OPILIONES (harvestmen)

The male or female genitalia are sometimes required for identification.

They can be made to extrude by lying the spider on its back, then gently pressing/squeezing the body with finger and thumb. Maintain the pressure as the organ everts to its full length - they are surprisingly long.

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