Yania

Yania is a genus of harvestmen from South America.[1][2] Yania flavolimbata is the only species in the monotypic genus Yania. It was first described by Roewer, 1914.

This article is about the genus of harvestmen. For the genus of bacteria, see Yaniella.

Yania
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Superfamily: Gonyleptoidea
Family: Prostygnidae
Genus: Yania
Roewer, 1914
Species:
Y. flavolimbata
Binomial name
Yania flavolimbata
Roewer, 1914

Description

Yania flavolimbata is endemic to Ecuador, with the sole male holotype from “Yana Urcu, 4536 m”.[1][3][4]

Species

These species belong to the genus Yania:

References
  1. "Yania". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. Kury, A. B. (1994). "The genus Yania Roewer, 1919, and other presumed Tricommatidae from South American highlands (Opiliones, Cranaidae, Prostygninae)". Revue Arachnologique. 10 (7): 137–145.
  3. "Yania". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. "Yania". iNaturalist. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

Further reading
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Media related to Yania at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Yania at Wikispecies


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