Briggsus

Familia: Cladonychiidae
Genus:
Species: B. bilobatus – B. clavatus – B. flavescens – B. hamatus – B. pacificus

Briggsus Özdikmen & Demir, 2008: 175.

Type species: Pentanychus hamatus Briggs, 1971, by original designation (for Pentanychus, automatically same for Briggsus).

Gender: masculine

• Pentanychus Briggs, 1971: 169 (Junior homonym, preoccupied by Pentanychus Wainstein, 1960).
• Briggsus Özdikmen & Demir, 2008: 175 (Replacement name for Pentanychus Briggs 1971).

• Özdikmen, H. & Demir, H. 2008. New family and genus names, Briggsidae nom. nov. and Briggsus nom. nov., for the harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores). Munis Entomology & Zoology 3(1): 174–176. Reference page. 

• Briggs, T.S. 1971. Relict harvestmen from the Pacific Northwest (Opiliones). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47(3): 165–178. Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M.A. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page.  [accessed on October 1, 2024]

• BHL bibliography
• Briggsus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Briggsus.
• ION

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