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Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Opiliones - Harvestmen
Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudoscorpions
Scorpiones - Scorpions
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Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROPSOPILIONIDAE-
AGELENIDAE-Funnel Weavers
AMAUROBIIDAE-Hacklemesh Weavers
ANTRODIAETIDAE-Folding Trapdoor Spiders
ANYPHAENIDAE-Ghost Spiders
ARANEIDAE-Orb Weavers
ATYPIDAE-Purseweb Spiders
BUTHIDAE-
CADDIDAE-
CHEIRACANTHIIDAE-
CHEIRIDIIDAE-
CHELIFERIDAE-
CHERNETIDAE-
CHTHONIIDAE-
CICURINIDAE-
CLUBIONIDAE-Sac Spiders
CORINNIDAE-Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders
COSMETIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
CTENIDAE-Wandering Spiders
CYBAEIDAE-
DEINOPIDAE-Ogrefaced spider
DESIDAE-
DICTYNIDAE-Mesh Web Weavers
DYSDERIDAE-
EUCTENIZIDAE-Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders
FILISTATIDAE-
GARYPINIDAE-
GNAPHOSIDAE-Ground Spiders
HAHNIIDAE-
HALONOPROCTIDAE-
HYPOCHILIDAE-
LARCIDAE-
LEPTONETIDAE-
LINYPHIIDAE-Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
LIOCRANIDAE-Liocranid Sac Spiders
LYCOSIDAE-Wolf Spiders
MICROHEXURIDAE-
MIMETIDAE-Pirate spiders
MYSMENIDAE-
NEOBISIIDAE-
NEPHILIDAE-
NESTICIDAE-Scaffold Web Spiders
OECOBIIDAE-Wall spiders
OONOPIDAE-
OXYOPIDAE-Lynx Spiders
PHALANGIIDAE-
PHALANGODIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
PHILODROMIDAE-Running Crab Spiders
PHOLCIDAE-
PHONOGNATHIDAE-
PHRUROLITHIDAE-
PISAURIDAE-Nursery Web Spiders
SABACONIDAE-
SALTICIDAE-Jumping Spiders
SCLEROSOMATIDAE-
SCYTODIDAE-
SEGESTRIIDAE-
SICARIIDAE-
SPARASSIDAE-Giant Crab Spiders
STERNOPHORIDAE-
TARACIDAE-
TETRAGNATHIDAE-Long-jawed Orb Weavers
THERIDIIDAE-Cobweb Spiders
THERIDIOSOMATIDAE-Ray Spiders
THOMISIDAE-Crab Spiders
TITANOECIDAE-
TRACHELIDAE-
TRIAENONYCHIDAE-Armoured harvestmen
TRIDENCHTHONIIDAE-
ULOBORIDAE-Cribellate Orb Weavers
VAEJOVIDAE-
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Libitioides ornata
Libitioides sayi
NC
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Libitioides ornata
(Say 1821) - Ornate Armored Harvestman
Taxonomy
Order:
OPILIONES
Suborder:
Laniatores
Superfamily:
Travunioidea
Family:
COSMETIDAE
Synonym:
Vonones ornatus
Comments:
Libitiodes ornatus
is one of two species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Kury, 2003), both of which occur in North Carolina
Identification
Online Description/Photos:
BugGuide
Google
,
iNaturalist
,
Wikipedia
,
GBIF
Comments:
A moderately small Armored Harvestman, with a flattened body and somewhat bowed legs, particularly the posterior pair. The body color is fuscous to ferruginous brown. Narrow yellow or whitish lines are variably present, with a Y-shaped mark located on the cephalothorax behind the eye eminence, and a pair of curved transverse lines located at the rear margin of the abdominal scutum. Additional transerse line segments may occur between the pair of tubercles on the scutum of the abdomen. Size, color, and pattern appear to be very similar to those of
L. sayi
, but ornatus differs in having two curved lines on the rear of the scutum that loop around the bases of posterior tubercles; in
sayi
, a single line runs horizontally across the rear edge of the scutum.
Structural Features:
The two pairs of tubercles on the abdomen are prominent in
L. ornata
, and about four to five times larger than the anterior pair (Weed, 1893; see also Banks, 1893, and Cokendolpher and Jones, 1991). In
L. sayi
, the tubercles are low and inconspicuous.
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments:
This species appears to be confined to the southern outer coastal plain.
County Map:
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Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Corey and Stout (1993) describe
L. ornatus
as inhabiting pine scrub, pond pine, and pine flatwoods communities in Florida. In North Carolina, it is often found under pine bark or debris on the ground. A canopy containing pines of several species is typically present. Occurrences appear to be located in dry to mesic areas and it has not been found in xeric sandridge habitats in North Carolina (Erich Hofmann, pers. obs.).
Observation Methods:
Usually found by flipping over bark or debris
Abundance/Frequency:
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
[GNR] S2S3
State Protection:
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Libitioides ornata
- Ornate Armored Harvestman
Photos: 8
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann & CFCC BIO146 Students on 2024-03-01
Pender Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2022-04-22
Pender Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2021-04-30
New Hanover Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2021-04-30
New Hanover Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: smbirdsnstuff on 2021-02-25
Pender Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2020-05-23
Craven Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2020-04-11
Craven Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2020-04-11
Craven Co.
Comment:
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