Biology:Ceratolasma

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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Ceratolasma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Ischyropsalididae
Genus: Ceratolasma
C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942
Species:
C. tricantha
Binomial name
Ceratolasma tricantha
C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942

Ceratolasma is a genus of harvestmen in the family Ischyropsalididae, found in the Pacific Northwest. There is one described species in Ceratolasma, C. tricantha.[1][2][3][4]

Ceratolasma was formerly a member of the family Ceratolasmatidae, but was moved to Ischyropsalididae, along with Ceratolasmatidae which became the subfamily Ceratolasmatinae.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Gruber, J.ürgen (1978). "Redescription of Ceratolasma tricantha Goodnight and Goodnight, with notes on the family Ischyropsalidae (Opiliones, Palpatores)". The Journal of Arachnology 6 (2): 105–124. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2783490 entry