Protolophus

Protolophus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Protolophidae from the Western US.^[1][2][3][4]

Protolophus
Protolophus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Protolophidae
Genus:	Protolophus Banks, 1893

ITIS Taxonomic note:

• While Protolophidae has been nested within Sclerosomatidae by some workers, it has been traditionally recognized as a separate family (Giribet et al., 2010); although a recent treatment (Kury in Zhang, 2013) does not recognize the family Protolophidae, others do (Hedin et al., 2012; Kury website 'Classification of Opiliones' (2014)).^[2][5]

Species

• Protolophus cockerelli C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus differens C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus dixiensis Chamberlin, 1925
• †Protolophus hoffeinsi Elsaka, Mitov & Dunlop, 2019^[6]
• Protolophus longipes Schenkel, 1951
• Protolophus niger C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus rossi C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1943
• Protolophus singularis Banks, 1893
• Protolophus tuberculatus Banks, 1893