Sclerobunus

Sclerobunus

S. nondimorphicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Superfamily:	Travunioidea
Family:	Paranonychidae
Subfamily:	Sclerobuninae
Genus:	Sclerobunus Banks, 1893
Type species
Scotolemon robustus Packard, 1877
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cyptobunus Banks, 1905

Sclerobunus is a genus of harvestman that occurs in western North America.^[1]

Species

Sclerobunus was revised in a 2014 study, which described 5 new species, and Cyptobunus as a junior synonym of Sclerobunus. In addition, several populations formerly considered subspecies were elevated to full species rank.^[1]

Sclerobunus cavicolens Banks, 1905 — Montana
Sclerobunus glorietus (Briggs, 1971) — New Mexico
Sclerobunus idahoensis (Briggs, 1971) — Idaho and Montana
Sclerobunus jemez Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 — New Mexico
Sclerobunus klomax Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 — New Mexico
Sclerobunus madhousensis Briggs, 1971 — Utah
Sclerobunus nondimorphicus Briggs, 1971 Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
Sclerobunus robustus (Packard, 1877) — Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
Sclerobunus skywalkeri Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 — New Mexico
Sclerobunus speoventus Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 — Colorado
Sclerobunus steinmanni Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2014 — Colorado
Sclerobunus ungulatus Briggs, 1971 — Nevada

References

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1 2 Derkarabetian, Shahan; Hedin, Marshal (21 August 2014). "Integrative Taxonomy and Species Delimitation in Harvestmen: A Revision of the Western North American Genus Sclerobunus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Travunioidea)". PLoS ONE. 9 (8): e104982. PMC 4140732 . PMID 25144370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104982.

External links

Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Triaenonychidae

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