Sclerobunus

Sclerobunus
S. nondimorphicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Paranonychidae
Genus:	Sclerobunus 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. 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

External links

• Media related to Sclerobunus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Sclerobunus at Wikispecies