Common Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

General Status Rank: 
Alien
Common Name: 
Common Harvestman
Scientific Name: 
Phalangium opilio
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Harvestman
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Opiliones
Family: 
Phalangiidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Bragg and Holmberg (2009) mention the species is present in the Northwest Territories, but no additional information about its range could be found from this publication; known in Yellowknife NWT (2019 iNaturalist)
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Alien
Status Rank Description: 
Bragg and Holmberg (2009) mention the species is present in the Northwest Territories, but no additional information about its range could be found from this publication; known in most communities in southern NWT.Bragg PD, Holmberg RG. 2009. The Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of British Colombia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Colombia. 106: 29-37. Marked as introduced on INaturalist.
Decision Process Description: 
Ranked by Elyssa Cameron as Undetermined, changed to alien as most sources note it is introduced from Eurasia
Last Updated: 
June 11, 2019

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