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Draculoides christopherleei

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Species of short-tailed whip-scorpion

Draculoides christopherleei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Draculoides
Species: D. christopherleei
Binomial name
Draculoides christopherleei
Abrams & Harvey, 2020

Draculoides christopherleei is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions) in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologists Kym Abrams and Mark Harvey.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is West Pit, about 45 km south of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.

References

  1. ^ Abrams, KM; Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Didham, RK; Harvey, MS (2020). "A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara". Zootaxa. 4864 (1): 1–75 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4864.1.1. PMID 33311416.
  2. "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. ^ "Species Draculoides christopherleei Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
Taxon identifiers
Draculoides christopherleei


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