title: Dasylobus argentatus
text: # Dasylobus argentatus
  
  Dasylobus argentatus is a species of harvestman in the family Phalangiidae.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Subspecies include:
  
  * Dasylobus argentatus argentatus (Canestrini, 1871)
  * Dasylobus argentatus cavipalpis Gruber, 1965
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is present in France and in Italy.
  
  ## Description
  
  Dasylobus argentatus can reach a body length of about 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in). Females are larger than males. These harvestmen show an irregular reddish brown or dark brown saddle on the median back of the body, usually with a median lighter broad band and whitish edges. Pedipalp's claw is small or absent, the tarsal claw of the pedipalp is present, the patellar apophysis is short or absent, the tarsal claw is rather smooth and the longest legs are II. Males can be distinguished on the basis of the chelicerae and the hairy, concave and enlarged patellae.
  
  