Taracus Explained
Taracus is a genus of harvestman,[1] [2] or Opiliones, typically found living in limestone and lava caves in the United States.[3] They grow to a size of 2-.[4]
Taxonomy
Taracus contains the following species, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[1] Of the 14 described species (as of 2023), almost all are found in the United States.
- Taracus aspenae Shear, 2018 (USA: Oregon)
- Taracus audisioae Shear, 2016 (USA: California)
- Taracus birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1971 (Russia: Primorsky Krai)
- Taracus carmanah Shear, 2016 (Canada: British Columbia)
- Taracus fluvipileus Shear, 2016 (USA: California)
- Taracus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 (USA: Idaho, Oregon, etc; Canada: Alberta, British Columbia)
- Taracus marchingtoni Shear & Warfel, 2016 (USA: Oregon)
- Taracus packardi Simon, 1879 (USA: Colorado, New Mexico)
- Taracus pallipes Banks, 1894 (USA: Washington, Oregon, California)
- Taracus silvestrii Roewer, 1930 (USA: Oregon)
- Taracus spesavius Shear, 2016 (USA: Nevada)
- Taracus taylori Shear, 2016 (USA: Nevada)
- Taracus timpanogos Shear, 2016 (USA: Utah)
- Taracus ubicki Shear, 2016 (USA: California)
Elsewhere (as of 2023):For Taracus spinosus Banks, 1894 and its synonym Taracus malkini Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945 see Oskoron spinosus (Banks, 1894). For Taracus nigripes Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 see as synonym of Taracus packardi Simon, 1879.
Notes and References
- Web site: Sabacon. 2023-12-08. Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones.
- Web site: Taracus. iNaturalist. 2023-12-08. en.
- Shear. William A.. Warfel. Joseph G.. The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidea). Zootaxa. 1175-5326. 10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. 4180. 1:2. 2016-11-02.
- Book: Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet . 2007 . Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones . . 978-0-674-02343-7 . 154 .
