Speleomaster is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Cryptomastridae. There are at least two described species in Speleomaster, both found in lava tubes of the Snake River Plain in southern Idaho.[1][2][3][4]
| Speleomaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Cryptomastridae |
| Genus: | Speleomaster Briggs, 1974 |
Species edit
These two species belong to the genus Speleomaster:
- Speleomaster lexi Briggs, 1974
- Speleomaster pecki Briggs, 1974
References edit
- ^ "Speleomaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Speleomaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Speleomaster genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ 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.
Further reading edit
- Briggs, Thomas S. (1974). "Troglobitic harvestmen recently discovered in North American lava tubes (Travuniidae, Erebomastridae, Triaenonychidae: Opiliones)". The Journal of Arachnology. 1 (3): 205–214. JSTOR 3705196.
- Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". PLOS ONE. 5 (5): e10388. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. PMC 2866537. PMID 20479884.
- Giribet, Gonzalo; Vogt, Lars; González, Abel P.érez; Sharma, Prashant; et al. (2010). "A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores". Cladistics. 26 (4): 408–437. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x. S2CID 84058161.
- Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal (2): e4094. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. PMC 4238074. PMID 25425936.
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