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Ideoblothrus nesotymbus
Species of pseudoscorpion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ideoblothrus nesotymbus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Syarinidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1991 by Australian arachnologists Mark Harvey and Karen Edward. The specific epithet nesotymbus comes from Greek: nesos (‘island’) and tymbos (‘tomb’), with reference to the type locality.[1][2]
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Description
The body length of the male holotype is 1.35 mm; that of paratype females is 1.79-2.31 mm. The colour of carapace and pedipalps is reddish-brown, with the chelicerae and coxae orange, legs and abdomen pale tan. Eyes are absent.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs on Barrow Island off the Pilbara coast of North West Australia. The type locality is a borehole in limestone karst, 5.8 km north-west of Chevron Texaco Camp.[1][2]
Behaviour
The pseudoscorpions are hypogean, terrestrial predators.[2][1]
References
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