Phalangium opilio


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Noun1.Phalangium opilio - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
harvestman, daddy longlegs
arachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
genus Phalangium, Phalangium - type genus of the family Phalangiidae
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The other better-known tramp (synanthropic species) of Phalangiidae known from throughout the Northern Hemisphere and New Zealand, Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1758 is remarkably not recorded from Iran.
The Opiliones of Iran with a description of a new genus and two new species
The order Phalangida is introduced by Latreille in 1802 with Phalangium opilio Linnaeus as the type species.
Abstracts of papers presented at the 2007 meeting of the Tennessee Academy Of Science
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.
Diet Composition and Significance of Earthworms as Food of Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones)
Chemically, phenols and benzoquinones predominate within laniatorid secretions, while acyclic components and, at least in Phalangium opilio Linnaeus 1758, also naphthoquinones (Wiemer et al.
Unusual organization of scent glands in Trogulus tricarinatus (Opiliones, Trogulidae): evidence for a non-defensive role
Behavioral roles of the sexually dimorphic structures in the male harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opiliones, Phalangiidae).
Activity pattern of the Neotropical harvestman Neosadocus maximus (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae): sexual and temporal variations
Why, for example, does the single phalangiid studied so far (Phalangium opilio L.
Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones
Daily locomotory activity in Phalangium opilio and seven species of Leiobunum (Arthropoda: Phalangida).
Seasonal variation in parasitism by Leptus mites (Acari, Erythraeidae) upon the harvestman, Leiobunum formosum (Opiliones, sclerosomatidae)
Phalangium opilio is known to feed, primarily nocturnally, upon a variety of arthropod pests.
Diel activity patterns and microspatial distribution of the harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opiliones, Phalangiidae) in soybeans

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