Synthetonychiidae
| Synthetonychiidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Superfamily: | Triaenonychioidea |
| Family: |
Synthetonychiidae Forster, 1954 |
| Genus: |
Synthetonychia Forster, 1954 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 1 genus, c. 14 species | |
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The Synthetonychiidae are a small family of harvestman with a handful of species in a single genus. They are endemic to New Zealand.
Species in this family are between one and two millimeters long, with legs up to almost six mm.
All described species occur only on New Zealand.
Synthetonychiidae seem to be closely related to the Triaenonychidae from the Australian region.
The name of the type genus is combined from Ancient Greek synthetos "compounded" and onychion, the diminutive of onyx "claw".
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