Neoscotolemon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Samooidea |
| Genus: | Neoscotolemon Roewer, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908
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| Diversity | |
| 7 spp. (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neoscotolemon is a genus of harvestmen in the superfamily Samooidea with seven described species (as of January 2025).[1][2] All species are found in the Greater Antilles and United States of America in Florida.[1][3] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).[4]
Description
[edit]The genus Neoscotolemon was described by Carl F. Roewer, 1912[5] with the type species Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908.
Species
[edit]These species belong to the genus Neoscotolemon:
- Neoscotolemon armasi Pérez-González, Mamani & Proud, 2025 – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon bolivari (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon cotilla (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon pictipes (Banks, 1908) – Cuba
- Neoscotolemon spinifer (Packard, 1888) – USA (Florida), (plus dubious records from Cayman Islands and Jamaica)
- Neoscotolemon tancahensis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951) – Mexico (Yucatán), Belize
- Neoscotolemon vojtechi (Šilhavý, 1979) – Cuba
(Neoscotolemon luzi = Metapellobunus lutzi)
Etymology
[edit]The genus is masculine.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Neoscotolemon". Kury et al. (2025). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Neoscotolemon Roewer, 1912". Catalogue of Life.
- ^ "Neoscotolemon". iNaturalist. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Pérez-González, Abel; Mamani, Vanesa; Proud, Daniel N. (2025). "On the genus Neoscotolemon (Opiliones: Laniatores: Samooidea incertae sedis) with the description of one new species". Zootaxa. 5563 (1): 109–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.11.
- ^ Roewer, Carl F. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren)". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg. 19 (4): 1–294.
Further reading
[edit]- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
External links
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Data related to Neoscotolemon at Wikispecies
