Sclerobunus nondimorphicus

Briggs, 1971

Sclerobunus nondimorphicus is a of armoured harvestman (order Opiliones, suborder Laniatores) described by Briggs in 1971. It belongs to the Paranonychidae, a group of small to medium-sized harvestmen characterized by heavy body armouring. The species is known from the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

Sclerobunus nondimorphicus 04 by Shahan Derkarabetian, James Starrett, Nobuo Tsurusaki, Darrell Ubick, Stephanie Castillo, Marshal Hedin. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.Sclerobunus nondimorphicus (10.3897-zookeys.760.24937) Figure 1 (cropped) by (photo by MH) Derkarabetian S, Starrett J, Tsurusaki N, Ubick D, Castillo S, Hedin M (2018) A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements. ZooKeys 760: 1-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.Laniatores (10.3897-zookeys.760.24937) Figure 1 by All photos by MH, except D, E (courtesy of and copyright A. Schönhofer), and F (courtesy of and copyright I. Karaman) Derkarabetian S, Starrett J, Tsurusaki N, Ubick D, Castillo S, Hedin M (2018) A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements. ZooKeys 760: 1-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Sclerobunus nondimorphicus: //ˌsklɛɹoʊˈbjuːnəs nɒndɪˈmɔːrfɪkəs//

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Distribution

Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Taxonomic History

Described by Briggs in 1971. The specific epithet 'nondimorphicus' refers to the absence of , distinguishing it from related that exhibit pronounced differences between males and females.

Observation Data

As of source date, 124 observations recorded on iNaturalist, indicating moderate documentation of this in citizen science databases.

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