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Harvestman (Nuncia)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Superfamily: Triaenonychioidea
Family: Triaenonychidae
Genus: Nuncia
Species : unknown

Most harvestman from the family Triaenonychidae are from three to five millimeters long. Legs are almost always short, measuring from four to twelve mm. The armed pedipalps are large, and much stronger than the legs.

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This slow moving harvestman of the genus Nuncia was found under Tradescantia fluminensis on the Te Henui Walkway.





Photo of this harvestman in a defensive posture.