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  3. ›Chelicerates
  4. ›Arachnids
  5. ›Harvestmen
  6. ›Eupnoan Harvestmen
  7. ›Phalangioidea
  8. ›Phalangiid Harvestmen
  9. ›Gyinae
  10. ›Dicranopalpus
  11. ›Dicranopalpus ramosus
Fork-palped Harvestman
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Fork-palped Harvestman

Dicranopalpus ramosus

Dicranopalpus ramosus is a species of harvestman. Males are up to 4 mm long, females can reach up to 6 mm. Both sexes have very long legs (especially the second pair can reach up to 5 cm), with a distinct elongated apophysis that reaches almost to the end of the tibia. This makes their pedipalps look forked. Their body is brownish with dark markings, the females being lighter colored.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57396.