Oreolpium semotum is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypinidae family. It was described in 2009 by arachnologists Mark Harvey and Frantisek Stahlavsky. The specific epithet semotum (Latin: 'distant' or 'far-off') refers to the wide geographical separation of the two known species in the genus.[1][2]
| Oreolpium semotum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Garypinidae |
| Genus: | Oreolpium |
| Species: | O. semotum
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreolpium semotum | |
Description
editThe body length of the male holotype is 2.48 mm; that of the female paratype 3.23 mm. The colour is generally very pale, with the pedipalps and front of the carapace slightly darker.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in Tasmania. The type locality is The Needles Picnic Ground in Southwest National Park, where the pseudoscorpions were found under tree bark.[2][1]
Behaviour
editThe pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[2][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Harvey, MS; Stahlavsky, F (2009). "A review of the pseudoscorpion genus Oreolpium (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypinidae), with remarks on the composition of the Garypinidae and on pseudoscorpions with bipolar distributions". Journal of Arachnology. 38 (2): 294–308 [300]. doi:10.1636/A09-53.1. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ a b c "Species Oreolpium semotum Harvey & Stahlavsky, 2009". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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