Dendrolasma dentipalpe

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Dendrolasma dentipalpe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Nemastomatidae
Subfamily: Ortholasmatinae
Genus: Dendrolasma
Species:
D. dentipalpe
Binomial name
Dendrolasma dentipalpe
Shear & Gruber, 1983

Dendrolasma dentipalpe is a species of harvestman in the family Nemastomatidae. [1] [2] It is found in North America, in USA California. [1] [3] [4] The species was described by Shear & Gruber, 1983, who reported the holotype from the US in "Carlotta, Humboldt County", alongside other Californian specimens. [5] [6]

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Description

Dendrolasma dentipalpe is said to differ from Dendrolasma mirabile by the intricate, small-celled keel lattice, and its relatively shorter legs. The males are said to have more exaggerated cheliceral modifications than Dendrolasma mirabile , plus have a notable medioapical tooth of the male palpal patella. Also the very long penis with an elongated glans. [5]

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References

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  2. "Dendrolasma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  3. "Dendrolasma". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  4. "Dendrolasma dentipalpe". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. 1 2 Shear, W.A.; Gruber, J. (1983). "The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae)". American Museum Novitates. 2757: 1–65. ISSN   0003-0082.}
  6. Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1 . PMID   26146693.