''Protolophus'' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of ext ...
in the family
Protolophidae
Protolophidae is a family of harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There is at least one genus, '' Protolophus'', and about six described species in Protolophidae found in Western North America
North America is a continent in the Norther ...
from the
Western US
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
.
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)).
Species
* ''Protolophus cockerelli
''Protolophus'' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Protolophidae from the Western US
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United Stat ...
'' C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
* ''Protolophus differens
''Protolophus'' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Protolophidae from the Western US.
ITIS Taxonomic note:
*While Protolophidae has been nested within Sclerosomatidae by some workers, it has been traditionally recognized as a separate family ...
'' C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
* '' Protolophus dixiensis'' Chamberlin, 1925
* '' Protolophus hoffeinsi'' Elsaka, Mitov & Dunlop, 2019
References
Harvestmen
Harvestman genera
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