Definition of Genus Phalangium

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Phalangiidae.

Exact synonyms: Phalangium
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae
Member holonyms: Daddy Longlegs, Harvestman, Phalangium Opilio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phalangium

genus Petrogale
genus Petromyzon
genus Petroselinum
genus Petteria
genus Petunia
genus Peziza
genus Pezophaps
genus Phacelia
genus Phacochoerus
genus Phaethon
genus Phaius
genus Phalacrocorax
genus Phalaenopsis
genus Phalaenoptilus
genus Phalanger
genus Phalangium (current term)
genus Phalaris
genus Phalaropus
genus Phallus
genus Pharomacrus
genus Phascogale
genus Phascolarctos
genus Phaseolus
genus Phasianus
genus Phegopteris
genus Phellodendron
genus Phenacomys
genus Philadelphus
genus Philaenus
genus Phillyrea

Literary usage of Genus Phalangium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Zoology by Jan van der Hoeven (1856)
"... but this scarcely seems to be its place. Phalangium LATU. (species from genus Phalangium L.). ... Phalangium (species from genus Phalangium auctor). ..."

2. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"... Genus PHALANGIUM (Pha-lan'gi-um) The last segment of the pedipalps is longer than the penultimate, and the femur of the pedipalps is not furnished with ..."

3. A Hand-book, Or, Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences by Walter Hamilton (1825)
"In Entomology, a genus of apterous insects, some resembling the spider genus. PHALANGIUM APULUM. The large and poisonous species ol spider, usually named ..."

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