Protolophus Explained

Protolophus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Protolophidae from the Western US.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

ITIS Taxonomic note:

• While Protolophidae has been nested within Sclerosomatidae by some workers, it has been traditionally recognized as a separate family (Giribet et al., 2010); although a recent treatment (Kury in Zhang, 2013) does not recognize the family Protolophidae, others do (Hedin et al., 2012; Kury website 'Classification of Opiliones' (2014)).^{[2] [5]}

Species

• Protolophus cockerelli C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus differens C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus dixiensis Chamberlin, 1925
• Protolophus hoffeinsi Elsaka, Mitov & Dunlop, 2019^[6]
• Protolophus longipes Schenkel, 1951
• Protolophus niger C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus rossi C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1943
• Protolophus singularis Banks, 1893
• Protolophus tuberculatus Banks, 1893

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joel Hallan . Sclerosomatidae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . . December 27, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013064709/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Sclerosomatidae.txt . October 13, 2014 .
2. Web site: Protolophus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-23.
3. Web site: Protolophus Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-23.
4. Web site: Browse Protolophus. Catalogue of Life. 2018-02-23.
5. Web site: 2018-02-23. Kury . A.B.. 2014. Classification of Opiliones. National Museum of Brazil.
6. Elsaka. Mohamed. Mitov. Plamen G.. Dunlop. Jason A.. 24 May 2019. New fossil harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in the Hoffeins amber collection. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 292. 2. 155–169. 10.1127/njgpa/2019/0815.