Astrobunus laevipes

Astrobunus laevipes

Astrobunus laevipes is a short legged species of Harvestman in the subfamily Sclerosomatinae.
Astrobunus laevipes Another fairly recent arrival in the Netherlands. Came in over the eastern border transported by rivers and is spreading west along the banks.   Arachnida,Astrobunus,Astrobunus laevipes,Eupnoi,Harvestman,Opiliones,Phalangiidae,Phalangioidea,Sclerosomatidae,Sclerosomatinae

Naming

The higher classification of Opiliones is still being discussed. European workers (around Dr, Martens) will have the Sclerosomatidae as a very small family (in Europe only including Mastobunus) and will put many other genera in a much broader concept op Phalangiidae. New world workers will generally include many other genera in a broader concept of Sclerosomatidae.
The English language Wikipedia seems to mostly follow American insights and as our species descriptions are parsed from that wiki, for practical reasons Astrobunus will be classified as Sclerosomatidae here, without endorsing the one view or the other.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderOpiliones
FamilySclerosomatidae
GenusAstrobunus
SpeciesAstrobunus laevipes
Photographed in
Netherlands