Banksula

Banksula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangodidae
Genus:
Roewer, 1949
Type species
Scotolemon californica
Banks, 1900
Species

See text

Diversity
10 species

Banksula is a genus of harvestman in family Phalangodidae. Currently, ten species are described, all of them endemic to California, United States.

The genus is named in honor of Nathan Banks, who described the type species.

Species

  • Banksula californica (Banks, 1900)
  • Banksula galilei Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula grahami Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula grubbsi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula incredula Ubick & Briggs, 2002
  • Banksula martinorum Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula melones Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula rudolphi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula tuolumne Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula tutankhamen Ubick & Briggs, 2002

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangodidae