Garypus necopinus
Garypus necopinus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey.[1][2]
| Garypus necopinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Garypidae |
| Genus: | Garypus |
| Species: | G. necopinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Garypus necopinus | |
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Far North Queensland. The type locality is Moa Island in Torres Strait, where the holotype was found in rotting logs on a sandy beach near high tide mark. Other specimens come from some northern islands of the Great Barrier Reef as well as from the Apudthama National Park at the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula.[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 [64]. doi:10.1071/IS19029.
- "Species Garypus necopinus 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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