Larcidae

Family of pseudoscorpions

Larcidae

Temporal range: Cretaceous–present

PreꞒ

Gymnobisium inukshuk
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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "bosselaersi | Field Guide and Catalogues". museum.wa.gov.au.
2. ^ a b Harvey & Wynne, 2014 : Troglomorphic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of northern Arizona, with the description of two new short-range endemic species. Journal of Arachnology, vol. 42, No. 3, p. 205-219 (texte intégral).
3. ^ Hoff & Clawson, 1952: Pseudoscorpions from rodent nests. American Museum Novitates, No. 1585, p. 1-38 (texte intégral).

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q10554346
* Wikispecies: Larcidae
* BioLib: 18934
* BOLD: 201136
* CoL: BSF
* EoL: 228
* Fauna Europaea: 15498
* Fauna Europaea (new): cb1a2e58-e3f5-4eae-b8f2-7d696555684f
* GBIF: 9636
* iNaturalist: 172483
* IRMNG: 120180
* ITIS: 690774
* NBN: NHMSYS0000356743
* NCBI: 534965
* WAC: urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:799f4208-b945-4aad-82e1-68b0e486c724

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