Larcidae

Larcidae Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily:	Garypoidea
Family:	Larcidae

Larcidae is a family of family of pseudoscorpions composed of the single genus Larca.

Distribution[edit]

Species of this family are found in North America and Europe^[1].

List of species[edit]

According to Pseudoscorpions of the World (version 3.0)^[1] :

• 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

And placed since^[2]

• Larca aalbui (Muchmore, 1984)
• Larca cavicola (Muchmore, 1981)
• Larca guadalupensis (Muchmore, 1981)
• Larca rotunda (Hoff & Clawson, 1952)
• Larca welbourni (Muchmore, 1981)

The genre Archeolarca^[3] was placed in synonymy with Larca by Harvey and Wynne in 2014 ^[2].

Biography[edit]

• 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, vol. 5, p. 1-48 & 585-620.
• Harvey, 1992 : The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy, vol. 6, p. 1373-1435.

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