Banksula

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Banksula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Family: Phalangodidae
Genus: Banksula
Roewer, 1949
Diversity
10 species
Type species
Scotolemon californica
Banks, 1900
Species

see text

Banksula is a genus of harvestman in family Phalangodidae. Currently, ten species are described, all of them endemic to California, USA.

The genus is named in honor of Nathan Banks, who described the type species.

[edit] Species

  • Banksula californica (Banks, 1900)
  • Banksula galilei Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula grahami Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula grubbsi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula incredula Ubick & Briggs, 2002
  • Banksula martinorum Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula melones Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula rudolphi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
  • Banksula tuolumne Briggs, 1974
  • Banksula tutankhamen Ubick & Briggs, 2002

[edit] References


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