horridus (of Kirby),
Phalangium acanthopus Quoy & Gaimard [1824] and G.
Male-female association in the spider crab Inachus
phalangium: the influence of female reproductive stage and size.
A critical habitat for Mediterranean fish resources: shelf-break areas with Leptometra
phalangium (Echinodermata: Crinoidea).
The social structure of Inachus
phalangium, a spider crab associated with the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata.
Structure and function of the reproductive system of the symbiotic spider crab Inachus
phalangium (Decapoda: Majidae): observations on sperm transfer, sperm storage and spawning.
The genus Homolophus is similar to Opilio and
Phalangium. It differs from
Phalangium in terms of shorter tarsus of pedipalps, shorter and thicker legs (Banks, 1893; Snegovaya 2012).
Thomas Say named his new American phalangid species
Phalangium vittatum in 1821.
While noting that "the long legs of a species of spider (
Phalangium) [have been] interpreted as phallic symbols" (326), he claims that more often the spider represents the castrating progenetrix.
He designed the name in 1955 (Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology) for a fossil called
Phalangium Schrammen, 1910.
Several studies further indicate that harvestmen, primarily
Phalangium opilio (L), may be significant biocontrol agents of homopteran (Dixon and MeKinlay, 1989), coleopteran (Drummond et at., 1990) and lepidopteran (Ashby, 1974) pests in crop communities.
Five of these are listed for the first time from the country: Dicranolasma ponticum Gruber, 1998, Opilio nabozhenkoi Snegovaya, 2010,
Phalangium armatum Snego-vaya, 2005,
Phalangium kopetdaghensis Tchemeris & Snego-vaya, 2010, and Graecophalangium karakalensis Tchemeris & Snegovaya, 2010.
Phalangium - type genus of the family Phalangiidae