Draculoides affinis is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions)[2] in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Volker Framenau, Zoë Hamilton, Terrie Finston, Garth Humphreys, Kym Abrams, Joel Huey and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet affinis is Latin for ‘related to’ or ‘neighbouring’, with reference to its similarity to other species in the genus.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Genus: | Draculoides |
| Species: | D. affinis
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Cane and Upper Cane River, about 60 km south of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Framenau, VW; Hamilton, ZR; Finston, T; Humphreys, G; Abrams, KM; Huey, JA; Harvey, MS (2018). "Molecular and morphological characterization of new species of hypogean Paradraculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from the arid Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia". Journal of Arachnology. 46: 507–537 [514].
- ^ "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ a b "Species Draculoides affinis Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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