Biology:Draculoides mckechnieorum

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Short description: Species of short-tailed whip-scorpion

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

Draculoides mckechnieorum 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 Mesa L, Robe Valley, about 5 km south-south-west of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 [54]. 
  2. "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". WAM. 2020-10-28. https://museum.wa.gov.au/about/latest-news/researchers-count-13-new-species-fanged-arachnids-pilbara. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Species Draculoides mckechnieorum Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/55cf767d-13fc-4d2a-87df-fe18413365fc. 

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