Platybunus pinetorum Harvestman

 

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Classification Family:

Length .

Notable in appearance with dark markings and impressive white spines on the pedipal platybunus has a very broad eye hillock or Occulum , which between the eyes is pressed in a little, in Rilaena it is pressed in deeper and the hillock is narrower.

 

Phenology

Females to 8mm, males up to 5.6mm.

Identification

 

IMAGES (C) GORDON JACKSON 2015

 

 

Life Cycle

The species Platybunus pinetorum overwinters as a juvenile

Habitat

On shrub tree layer of garden conifers. It would appear the appearance and distribution of this speciies is associated with introduced garden conifers