Dhanus (arachnid)
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Ideoroncidae |
Genus: | Dhanus Chamberlin, 1930 |
Dhanus is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Ideoroncidae. They are found in Asia, between Malaysia to the east and Iran and Soqotra to the west.[1] It includes the following species:[2][1]
- Dhanus afghanicus
- Dhanus doveri, synonymous with Dhanus sumatranus
- Dhanus hashimi
- Dhanus indicus
- Dhanus pohli
- Dhanus socotraensis
- Dhanus taitii
- Dhanus tioman
The species Dhanus siamensis has been recently reclassified in a new genus of its own called Sironcus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Harvey, Mark S. (2016-11-01). "The systematics of the pseudoscorpion family Ideoroncidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisioidea) in the Asian region". Journal of Arachnology. 44 (3): 272–329. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-041.1. ISSN 0161-8202.
- ^ "Dhanus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.