Wespus

Wespus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Phalangodidae
Genus:	Wespus C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942 [1]
Species:	W. arkansasensis
Binomial name
Wespus arkansasensis C.J. Goodnight & M.L. Goodnight, 1942 [1]

Wespus is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Phalangodidae. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} There is one described species, Wespus arkansasensis. ^{[2] [3]} It was described from Hot Springs, Arkansas (United States). ^[1]

The body length is 2.2 mm (0.087 in). ^[1]

References

1. Goodnight, Clarence J.; Goodnight, Marie L. (1942). "New Phalangodidae (Phalangida) from the United States". American Museum Novitates. 1188: 1–18 [12].
2. "Wespus C.J. Goodnight and M.L. Goodnight, 1942". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
3. "Wespus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
4. "Wespus C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
5. "Wespus Genus Information". BugGuide.net . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
6. Kury, A.B. (2014). "Classification of Opiliones". National Museum of Brazil . Retrieved 2018-04-20.

Further reading

• Kury, Adriano B. (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. Volumen Especial Monográfico: 5–337. ISSN   1576-9518.
• Giribet, Gonzalo; Vogt, Lars; González, Abel P.érez; Sharma, Prashant; et al. (2010). "A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores". Cladistics. 26 (4): 408–437. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x . PMID   34875803. S2CID   84058161.