Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF HARVESTMEN ............................................................................................................................ 2 GROUPS SIMILAR TO HARVESTMEN ............................................................................................................................. 3 PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 3 BIOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 LIFE CYCLE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 MATING AND EGG-LAYING ........................................................................................................................................... 4 FOOD ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 DEFENCE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 PHORESY, PARASITES AND PREDATORS ....................................................................................................................... 5 DISTRIBUTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 HABITATS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 STUDY .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 FIELD OBSERVATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 7 HANDLING ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 COLLECTING .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 STORAGE AND DISSECTION ........................................................................................................................................... 8 PHOTOGRAPHING ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 BODY PLAN .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 CEPHALOTHORAX .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 ABDOMEN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 JUVENILE OR ADULT? .................................................................................................................................................. 10 MALE OR FEMALE? ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 11 HOW TO USE THE KEY .............................................................................................................................................. 13 LENGTHS...................................................................................................................................................................... 13 COLOUR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERED ................................................................................................................................. 13 IDENTIFICATION KEY............................................................................................................................................... 14 SPECIES ACCOUNTS .................................................................................................................................................. 18 Nemastoma bimaculatum ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Nemastoma lugubre ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Nemastoma dentigerum ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Paranemastoma quadripunctatum ......................................................................................................................... 21 Mitostoma chrysomelas .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Trogulus tricarinatus ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Trogulus nepaeformis s.l. ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Anelasmocephalus cambridgei ............................................................................................................................... 25 Ischyropsalis hellwigi ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Phalangium opilio ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Opilio parietinus ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Opilio saxatilis ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Opilio canestrinii ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 Platybunus pinetorum ............................................................................................................................................. 31 Megabunus diadema .............................................................................................................................................. 32 Rilaena triangularis ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Lophopilio palpinalis ............................................................................................................................................... 34 Oligolophus tridens ................................................................................................................................................. 35 Oligolophus hanseni ................................................................................................................................................ 36 Paroligolophus agrestis ........................................................................................................................................... 37 Lacinius horridus ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 Lacinius ephippiatus ................................................................................................................................................ 39 Odiellus spinosus ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 Mitopus morio ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 Dicranopalpus ramosus ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Homalenotus quadridentatus ................................................................................................................................. 43 Astrobunus laevipes ...............................................................................................................................................