Lusoblothrus

Lusoblothrus is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Syarinidae.[1] The genus was created to accommodate its sole species, Lusoblothrus aenigmaticus. The species was recently discovered in Portugal, its description published in 2012.[2]

Lusoblothrus
Lusoblothrus aenigmaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Syarinidae
Genus: Lusoblothrus
Zaragoza & Reboleira, 2012

References

  1. "Lusoblothrus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. Reboleira, Ana Sofia; Zaragoza, Juan; Gonçalves, GonçFernando; Oromí, Pedro (2012). "Lusoblothrus, a new syarinid pseudoscorpion genus (Arachnida) from Portugal, occupying an isolated position within the Holarctic fauna". Zootaxa. 3544: 52–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3544.1.4.

Further reading

  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Comstock, John Henry (1912). The spider book: A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class arachnida, found in America North of Mexico, with analytical keys for their clas... ISBN 978-1295195817.
  • Harvey, Mark S. (2002). "The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?". The Journal of Arachnology. 30 (2): 357–372. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0357:TNCWDW]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0161-8202.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.


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