''Ideoblothrus linnaei'' is a
species of
pseudoscorpion in the
Syarinidae
Syarinidae is a family of pseudoscorpions in the order Pseudoscorpiones. There are at least 20 genera and 110 described species in Syarinidae.
Genera
These 20 genera belong to the family Syarinidae:
* ''Aglaochitra'' J. C. Chamberlin, 1952
* '' ...
family. It is
endemic to Australia. It was
described in 1991 by Australian
arachnologists
Mark Harvey and Mei Chen Leng. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''linnaei'' honours Swedish taxonomist
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of the 10th edition of his ''
Systema Naturae
' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomen ...
''.
Description
The body length of the
holotype male is 1.16 mm. The colour of the
pedipalps and
carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...
is pale reddish-brown, the
abdomen and legs pale tan. Eyes are absent.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the
Pilbara region of
North West Australia. The
type (biology)#type locality, type locality is Mesa A, some 50 km west of the iron-ore mining town of
Pannawonica.
Behaviour
The pseudoscorpions are
hypogean,
terrestrial predators.
References
Syarinidae
Endemic fauna of Australia
Pseudoscorpions of Australia
Cave arachnids
Arthropods of Western Australia
Animals described in 2008
Taxa named by Mark Harvey
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