Garypus malgaryungu
Garypus malgaryungu is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet malgaryungu refers to the type locality.[1][2]
| Garypus malgaryungu | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Garypidae |
| Genus: | Garypus |
| Species: | G. malgaryungu |
| Binomial name | |
| Garypus malgaryungu | |
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in coastal northern Australia. The type locality is Malgaryungu, a coastal lagoon in east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, where the holotype was found on driftwood. A paratype specimen has also been obtained from a rotting driftwood log at Boydong Island in the Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands National Park at the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland.[2]
References
- Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Carvajal, JI; Huey, JA (2020). "Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classification of Garypidae". Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 34–87 [61]. doi:10.1071/IS19029.
- "Species Garypus malgaryungu Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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