Draculoides carmillae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Genus: | Draculoides |
| Species: | D. carmillae
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| Binomial name | |
| Draculoides carmillae | |
Draculoides carmillae is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions)[2] in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologists Kym Abrams and Mark Harvey.[1][3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Middle Robe Valley, about 25 km east-south-east of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Abrams, KM; Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Didham, RK; Harvey, MS (2020). "A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara". Zootaxa. 4864 (1): 1–75 [36]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4864.1.1. PMID 33311416.
- ^ "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ a b "Species Draculoides carmillae Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
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