Biology:Neoscotolemon

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Neoscotolemon is a genus of harvestmen in the superfamily Samooidea with seven described species (as of January 2025).[1][2] All species are found in the Greater Antilles and United States of America in Florida.[1][3] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).[4]

Description

The genus Neoscotolemon was described by Carl F. Roewer, 1912[5] with the type species Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908.

Species

These species belong to the genus Neoscotolemon:

  • Neoscotolemon armasi Pérez-González, Mamani & Proud, 2025 – Cuba
  • Neoscotolemon bolivari (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
  • Neoscotolemon cotilla (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
  • Neoscotolemon pictipes (Banks, 1908) – Cuba
  • Neoscotolemon spinifer (Packard, 1888) – USA (Florida), (plus dubious records from Cayman Islands and Jamaica)
  • Neoscotolemon tancahensis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951) – Mexico (Yucatán), Belize
  • Neoscotolemon vojtechi (Šilhavý, 1979) – Cuba

(Neoscotolemon luzi = Metapellobunus lutzi)

Etymology

The genus is masculine.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Neoscotolemon" (in en). https://wcolite.com. 
  2. ↑ "Neoscotolemon Roewer, 1912" (in en). https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62MV. 
  3. ↑ "Neoscotolemon" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1389334-Neoscotolemon. 
  4. ↑ Pérez-González, Abel; Mamani, Vanesa; Proud, Daniel N. (2025). "On the genus Neoscotolemon (Opiliones: Laniatores: Samooidea incertae sedis) with the description of one new species.". Zootaxa 5563 (1): 109–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.11. 
  5. ↑ Roewer, Carl F. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren).". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg 19 (4): 1–294. 

Further reading

  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Data related to Neoscotolemon at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q109309649 entry



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