---
title: "Spring Harvestman"
description: "Rilaena triangularis — Insects & spiders. Rilaena triangularis is a species of the harvestman family Phalangiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spring-harvestman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spring Harvestman

> Rilaena triangularis — Insects & spiders. Rilaena triangularis is a species of the harvestman family Phalangiidae.

- Scientific name: *Rilaena triangularis*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11039
- Wikidata: [Q4402126](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4402126)
- iNaturalist taxon: [488349](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/488349)

## Names

- en: Spring Harvestman
- de: Schwarzauge
- fr: Faucheur triangulaire
- nl: Voorjaarshooiwagen

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1112), RU (978), FR (803), GB (586), PL (530), CA (462), AT (438), DK (338), NL (328), FI (308), US (185), LT (140)

## Summary

Rilaena triangularis is a species of the harvestman family Phalangiidae. Previously it has been considered to be in the genus and subgenus Platybunus (Paraplatybunus) Dumitrescu, 1970, in the subfamily Platybuninae. Caution is needed with the name "Paraplatybunus". Although claimed as a potential genus in many online sources, the generic rank does not appear to have any foundation in the underlying academic literature, but instead was only published as a subgenus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rilaena_triangularis

## Photo

![Spring Harvestman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spring-harvestman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thomas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62816531

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spring-harvestman?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).