Biology:Draculoides celatus

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Short description: Species of short-tailed whip-scorpion

Draculoides celatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Draculoides
Species:
D. celatus
Binomial name
Draculoides celatus
(Framenau, Hamilton, Finston, Humphreys, Abrams, Huey & Harvey, 2018)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paradraculoides celatus Framenau et al, 2018

Draculoides celatus is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions)[2] in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Volker Framenau, Zoë Hamilton, Terrie Finston, Garth Humphreys, Kym Abrams, Joel Huey and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet celatus (Latin: ‘hidden’) refers to the discovery of the species only by molecular analysis.[1][3]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Kens Bore, about 50 km south of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]

References

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