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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Palpatores » Ischryopsalidoidea » Sabaconidae » snail-eating harvestmen (Taracus)
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Opiliones: Palpatores: Ischryopsalidoidea: Sabaconidae: Taracus spp... I think - Taracus
Copyright © 2009 R.K. Richardson

Opiliones: Palpatores: Ischryopsalidoidea: Sabaconidae: Taracus spp... I think - Taracus
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
June 7, 2009
Found in dry pitfall trap in forested area in SE Portland, OR on 07 June 2009. Checked Shear (1975) and Goodnight and Goodnight (1943) and they seem to support that it's Taracus spp. but they don't seem to mention the sculpturing on the abdomen. Image taken with Leica MZ12.5 Stereomicroscope on 18 June 2009, specimen is under 90% ethanol.

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Opiliones: Palpatores: Ischryopsalidoidea: Sabaconidae: Taracus spp... I think - Taracus Opiliones: Palpatores: Ischryopsalidoidea: Sabaconidae: Taracus spp... I think (lateral view) - Taracus
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Contributed by R.K. Richardson on 18 June, 2009 - 8:09pm
Last updated 16 July, 2009 - 7:53pm

Moved
Moved from Harvestmen.
… marshal hedin, 16 July, 2009 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Moving -
to Harvestman for now... Feel free to move further down the taxonomy as you see fit, as you seem to have researched this ID extensively.
… Ken Schneider, 2 July, 2009 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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