Draculoides noctigrassator

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Draculoides noctigrassator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Draculoides
Species:
D. noctigrassator
Binomial name
Draculoides noctigrassator
Abrams & Harvey, 2020 [1]

Draculoides noctigrassator 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 Dragon, about 44 km south-south-east of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 [61].
  2. "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. 1 2 "Species Draculoides noctigrassator Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.