Sorensenella
Sign in to saveSorensenella is a genus in the harvestman subfamily Sorensenellinae in the family Triaenonychidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and currently includes three species and several subspecies. Members of this genus have large pedipalps armed with strong spines. The pedipalps are larger in males.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderOpiliones
- FamilyTriaenonychidae
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- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Included species
- General appearance
- Geographic range
- Phylogenetics
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Sorensenella is a genus in the harvestman subfamily Sorensenellinae in the family Triaenonychidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and currently includes three species and several subspecies. Members of this genus have large pedipalps armed with strong spines. The pedipalps are larger in males.
== Taxonomy == The genus Sorensenella was erected by R.I. Pocock in 1903. The type species is Sorensenalla prehensor and is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Carl Freidrich Roewer erected the genus Akaroa in 1932, but Ray Forster synonymised this under Sorensenella in his monograph on the New Zealand Laniatores.