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

Sclerobunus
S. nondimorphicus
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Sclerobunus

Banks, 1893
Type species
Scotolemon robustus
Packard, 1877
Species

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Synonyms

Cyptobunus Banks, 1905

Species edit

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][2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4982D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104982. PMC 4140732. PMID 25144370.
  2. ^ Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.