Open AccessA NEW CAVERNICOLOUS HARVESTMAN FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ARCHNIDA: OPILIONES: TRIAENONYCHIDAE)
Author(s) -
Hunt G. S.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1972.tb01622.x
Subject(s) - opiliones , cave , biology , ecology , key (lock) , genus , zoology
A new cavernicolous harvestman, Calliuncus labyrinthus sp. n., is described from the Margaret River limestone caves, Western Australia. The genus Calliuncus Roewer is redefined and a key given for males of its six species. The new species possesses the cave adaptations of light colour and relatively long thin legs, unlike other harvestmen recorded in Western Australian caves.