Ideoblothrus descartes is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Syarinidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1991 by Australian arachnologists Mark Harvey and Karen Edward. The specific epithet descartes refers to the type locality.[1][2]
| Ideoblothrus descartes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Syarinidae |
| Genus: | Ideoblothrus |
| Species: | I. descartes
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| Binomial name | |
| Ideoblothrus descartes | |
Description
editThe body length of the male holotype is 1.82 mm; that of a paratype female is 1.74 mm. The colour is mainly pale yellow, with the pedipalps red-orange, and the carapace, chelicerae and coxae yellow orange.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the Kimberley region of North West Australia. The type locality is beneath rocks, near a freshwater seep in vine thicket habitat, on Descartes Island, at the mouth of Admiralty Gulf.[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[2][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Harvey, MS; Edward, KL (2007). "A review of the pseudoscorpion genus Ideoblothrus (Pseudoscorpiones, Syarinidae) from western and northern Australia". Journal of Natural History. 41 (5–8): 445–472 [465]. Bibcode:2007JNatH..41..445H. doi:10.1080/00222930701219123. S2CID 83607483. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- ^ a b c "Species Ideoblothrus descartes Harvey & Edward, 2007". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
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