Taracus
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Taracus is a genus of harvestman, or Opiliones, typically found living in limestone and lava caves in the United States.[1] They grow to a size of 2.0–5.5 mm (0.08–0.22 in).[2]
Species include:
- Taracus aspenae Shear, 2018 (Oregon)
- Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971 (Russia)
- Taracus audisioae Shear, 2016
- Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971
- Taracus carmanah Shear, 2016
- Taracus fluvipileus Shear, 2016
- Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 (Oregon)
- Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 (California)
- Taracus marchingtoni Shear & Warfel, 2016 (Oregon)
- Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 (Colorado)
- Taracus packardi Simon, 1879 (Colorado)
- Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894 (Washington)
- Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1930 (cave in USA)
- Taracus spesavius Shear, 2016
- Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 (California)
- Taracus taylori Shear, 2016
- Taracus timpanogos Shear, 2016
- Taracus ubicki Shear, 2016
References
- ^ Shear, William A.; Warfel, Joseph G. (2016-11-02). "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidea)". Zootaxa. 4180 (1:2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
- ^ Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet, ed. (2007). Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-674-02343-7.
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