Xenolpium pacificum is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Olpiidae family. It was originally described in 1907 by Danish arachnologist Carl Johannes With, and subsequently remarked on by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier. The species occurs in New Zealand as well as on Australia's Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. There are two subspecies.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Olpiidae |
| Genus: | Xenolpium |
| Species: | X. pacificum
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Subspecies
edit- Xenolpium pacificum pacificum (With, 1907) is found in New Zealand from North Island to Stewart Island, as well as on Lord Howe. It has been recorded from the supralittoral zone of beaches, beneath stones, in forest plant litter and in bird nests. The body lengths of males are 2.0–2.5 mm; those of females 2.5–3.5 mm.[2]
- Xenolpium pacificum norfolkense Beier, 1976 is known only from Norfolk Island, from the male holotype which was collected from cow dung in the Bumbora Reserve. Its body length is 2.0 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ With, CJ (1907). "On some new species of Cheliferidae, Hans., and Garypidae, Hans., in the British Museum". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 30 (196): 49–85 [75]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1907.tb02124.x.
- ^ a b c Beier, M (1976). "The pseudoscorpions of New Zealand, Norfolk and Lord Howe". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 3 (3): 199–246 [210]. doi:10.1080/03014223.1976.9517913. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Species Xenolpium pacificum (With, 1907)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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