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Issue: Vol. 4413 No. 3: 24 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.6
Page range: 524–530
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A.

Professor Emeritus, Biology Department, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA. Mailing address: 1950 Price Drive, Farmville, VA 23901 USA.
Opiliones new species fault caves Ischyropsalidoidea Catherine Creek Ice Cave

Abstract

A new species of long-jawed harvestman, Taracus aspenae n. sp. is described from Catherine Creek Ice Cave, near Le Grande, Union Co., Oregon, USA. The new species is closest to T. pallipes (Banks, 1894) and distinct from the likely sympatric T. gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942.

 

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