Neoscotolemon
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| Neoscotolemon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Samooidea |
| Genus: | Neoscotolemon Roewer, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908
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| Diversity | |
| 7 spp. (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neoscotolemon is a genus of harvestmen in the superfamily Samooidea with seven described species (as of January 2025).[1][2] All species are found in the Greater Antilles and United States of America in Florida.[1][3] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).[4]
Description
[edit | edit source]The genus Neoscotolemon was described by Carl F. Roewer, 1912[5] with the type species Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908.
Species
[edit | edit source]These species belong to the genus Neoscotolemon:
- Neoscotolemon armasi Pérez-González, Mamani & Proud, 2025 – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon bolivari (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon cotilla (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon pictipes (Banks, 1908) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon spinifer (Packard, 1888) – USA (Florida), (plus dubious records from Cayman Islands and Jamaica)
- Neoscotolemon tancahensis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951) – Mexico (Yucatán), Belize
- Neoscotolemon vojtechi (Šilhavý, 1979) – Cuba
(Neoscotolemon luzi = Metapellobunus lutzi)
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The genus is masculine.
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Neoscotolemon at Wikispecies
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