Acuclavella merickeli

Acuclavella merickeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischyropsalidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Dyspnoi Superfamilia: Ischyropsalidoidea

Familia: Ceratolasmatidae
Genus: Acuclavella
Species: Acuclavella merickeli

Name

Acuclavella merickeli Shear, 1986: 20.

Type locality: USA, Idaho State, Idaho County, 20 miles east-southeast of Lowell, Meadow Creek.

Holotype: AMNH male. Leg. 18.VIII.1984; Frank W. Merickel.

Paratypes:

• AMNH, 3 males and 4 females, same data as holotype.
• WAS, 3 females, same data as holotype.
• JCC, 1 female, same data as holotype.
• NHM, 1 female: USA, Washington State, 2.3 miles north-east of Mossyrock, waterfall on Corn Creek; Leg. 03.IX.1974, R. Crawford).

Distribution: USA, Idaho State, Idaho County; and Washington State.

Synonymy

None.

References

Primary references

• Shear, W.A. 1986. A cladistic analysis of the opilionid superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea, with description of the new family Ceratolasmatidae, the new genus Acuclavella and four new species. American Museum Novitates 2844: 1–29. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Richart, C.H. & Hedin, M. 2013. Three new species in the harvestmen genus Acuclavella (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Ischyropsalidoidea), including description of male Acuclavella quattuor Shear, 1986. ZooKeys 311: 19–68. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.311.2920 Reference page. 
• Schönhofer, A.L. 2013. A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones). Zootaxa 3679(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page.  [accessed on December 18, 2023]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Acuclavella merickeli – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acuclavella merickeli.
• ION

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