Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.
The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.
Description They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.
Name The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"
Genera
Istithaeus Roewer, 1949 Kondosus Roewer, 1949 Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891 Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949 Tithaeus Thorell, 1890
†Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
References (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press
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