Sclerobunus

Sclerobunus
S. nondimorphicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Paranonychidae
Genus:
Banks, 1893
Type species
Scotolemon robustus
Packard, 1877
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cyptobunus Banks, 1905

Sclerobunus is a genus of harvestman that occurs in western North America.[1][2][3]

Species

Sclerobunus was revised in a 2014 study, which described 5 new species, and Cyptobunus as a junior synonym of Sclerobunus. In addition, several populations formerly considered subspecies were elevated to full species rank.[3][4]

  • Sclerobunus cavicolus Banks, 1905 – USA: Montana (Note: Several studies adopt use a later misspelling "cavicolens")
  • Sclerobunus glorietus (Briggs, 1971) – USA: New Mexico
  • Sclerobunus idahoensis (Briggs, 1971) – USA: Idaho and Montana
  • Sclerobunus jemez Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 – USA: New Mexico
  • Sclerobunus klomax Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 – USA: New Mexico
  • Sclerobunus madhousensis (Briggs, 1971) – USA: Utah
  • Sclerobunus nondimorphicus Briggs, 1971 – USA: Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
  • Sclerobunus robustus (Packard, 1877) – USA: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
  • Sclerobunus skywalkeri Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 – USA: New Mexico
  • Sclerobunus speoventus Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 – USA: Colorado
  • Sclerobunus steinmanni Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 – USA: Colorado
  • Sclerobunus ungulatus Briggs, 1971 – USA: Nevada

References

  1. ^ "Sclerobunus". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Sclerobunus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Derkarabetian, Shahan; Hedin, Marshal (2014). "Integrative Taxonomy and Species Delimitation in Harvestmen: A Revision of the Western North American Genus Sclerobunus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Travunioidea)". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e104982. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4982D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104982. PMC 4140732. PMID 25144370.
  4. ^ Derkarabetian, Shahan; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.

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