Biology:Draculoides piscivultus
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Short description: Species of short-tailed whip-scorpion
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Genus: | Draculoides |
| Species: | D. piscivultus
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| Draculoides piscivultus Abrams & Harvey, 2020[1]
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Draculoides piscivultus 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 about 23.5 km east-south-east of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 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 [65].
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Species Draculoides piscivultus Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/335b79b8-93cb-4049-b846-54bd7f0ea18a.
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