Larca Explained

Larca is a genus of pseudoscorpions. It is the only genus in the family Larcidae. They are found in North America and Europe.^[1]

List of species

According to Pseudoscorpions of the World (version 3.0), Larcidae consists of the following species:

• Larca bosselaersi Henderickx & Vets, 2002
• Larca chamberlini Benedict & Malcolm, 1978
• Larca fortunata Zaragoza, 2005
• Larca granulata (Banks, 1891)
• Larca hispanica Beier, 1939
• Larca italica Gardini, 1983
• Larca laceyi Muchmore, 1981
• Larca lata (Hansen, 1884)
• Larca lucentina Zaragoza, 2005
• Larca notha Hoff, 1961

The following species have been placed in the family since then:^[2]

• Larca aalbui (Muchmore, 1984)
• Larca cavicola (Muchmore, 1981)
• Larca guadalupensis (Muchmore, 1981)
• Larca rotunda (Hoff & Clawson, 1952)
• Larca welbourni (Muchmore, 1981)
• Larca boulderica Harvey & Steinmann, 2024^[3]

In 2014, Harvey and Wynne placed the genus Archeolarca in synonymy with Larca.

Biography

• Chamberlin, 1930 : A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 10,, .
• Harvey, 1992 : The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy,, .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Larca Chamberlin, 1930 . 2024-01-13 . . Government of Western Australia.
2. Harvey . Mark S. . Wynne . J. Judson . 2014 . Troglomorphic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of northern Arizona, with the description of two new short-range endemic species. . . 42 . 3 . 205–219 . 10.1636/K14-34.1 . Smithsonian Libraries.
3. Harvey . Mark S. . Steinmann . David B. . 2024-04-25 . A new troglomorphic species of Larca (Pseudoscorpiones, Larcidae) from Colorado . ZooKeys . en . 1198 . 279–294 . 10.3897/zookeys.1198.120353 . free . 38708379 . 11066502 . 2024ZooK.1198..279H . 1313-2970.