(Leiobunum ventricosum)
Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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Habitat | Fields, woods. Low tree branches, shrubs, thick vegetation. |
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Identification | Light brown in color, including the cephalothorax, abdomen, and legs. A marking on the back, called a central figure, is slightly darker brown with a pale border. |
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Food | Insects, spiders, small slugs, snails, earthworms, caterpillars, beetle larvae, bird droppings, fungus, and other harvestmen. |
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Distribution | Sources: 7. | ||||||
Comments | The name brown daddy-long-legs refers to several species in the genus Leiobunum as well as a number of species in other genera, which otherwise have no common name. |
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Taxonomy | Order: |
Opiliones (harvestmen) |
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Phalangida |
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Palpatores |
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Superfamily: |
Phalangioidea |
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Family: |
Sclerosomatidae |
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Subfamily: |
Leiobuninae |
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Common Names |
brown daddy-long-legs |
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Glossary
Abdomen
In arachnids, the rear part of the segmented body.
Cephalothorax
In arachnids, the front part of the segmented body. Eyes, legs, and antennae are attached to this part.
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