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| Order | OPILIONES (harvestmen) |
| Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
| Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
| Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
| Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| 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& Sankey, J. | 1961 | *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) | 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd. | |
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Hillyard, P.D. & Sankey, J.H.P. | 1989 | *** Harvestmen (ed 2) ***(Superseded) | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 2nd edition edition, 76pp, Field Studies Council |
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Hillyard, P.D. | 2005 | Harvestmen (ed 3) | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 3rd edition edition, 167pp, Field Studies Council |
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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 | ||
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Richards, R. | 2010 | Guide to Harvestmen of the British Isles | |
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Sankey, J.H.P. & Savory, T.H. | 1974 | *** British Harvestmen ***(Superseded) | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) , 4, 76pp, The Linnean Society of London |
| Savory, T.H. | 1955 | *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) | 160pp, University of London Press | |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:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for OPILIONES (harvestmen)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OPILIONES (harvestmen)
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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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