Biology:Draculoides immortalis

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Short description: Species of short-tailed whip-scorpion

Draculoides immortalis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Draculoides
Species:
D. immortalis
Binomial name
Draculoides immortalis
Abrams & Harvey, 2020[1]

Draculoides immortalis 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 2020 by Australian arachnologists Kym Abrams and Mark Harvey.[1][3]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is “Budgiebore”, Robe Valley, about 48 km west of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]

References

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