Checklist of book scorpions (Order Opiliones [see note below], Class Arachnida, Phylum Arthropoda, Kingdom Animalia)
that have been reported from Mount Desert Island

 compiled by the
Champlain Project - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 20 December 2008)


Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's daddy longlegs and harvestmen. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.



Family Genus Specific Epithet authority common name Source (full citation given after this table)
Phalangiidae Caddo agilis ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Odiellus pictus ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Liobunum calcar ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Liobunum politum ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Liobunum longipes ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Liobunum ventricosum ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)
Phalangiidae Phalangium opilio ? ? Procter (1946, p. 529.)


Note:
   Procter (1946) called this order Phalangida.


Source:
   Procter, William. 1946. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute.