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Garypus necopinus

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Garypus necopinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Garypidae
Genus: Garypus
Species:
G. necopinus
Binomial name
Garypus necopinus
Harvey, 2020[1]

Garypus necopinus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Garypidae family. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in Far North Queensland. The type locality is Moa Island in Torres Strait, where the holotype was found in rotting logs on a sandy beach near high tide mark. Other specimens come from some northern islands of the Great Barrier Reef as well as from the Apudthama National Park at the northern end of the Cape York Peninsula.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Carvajal, JI; Huey, JA (2020). "Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classification of Garypidae". Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 34–87 [64]. doi:10.1071/IS19029.
  2. ^ a b "Species Garypus necopinus Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-19.