Ideoblothrus linnaei
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| authority = Harvey & Leng, 2008{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS |last2=Leng |first2=MC |date=2008 |title= Further observations on Ideoblothrus (Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae) from subterranean environments in Australia|url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/records/further-observations-on-ideoblothrus-pseudoscorpiones-syarinida |journal= Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume=24 |issue= 4|pages=381–386 [382]|doi=10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(4).2008.381-386|access-date=2023-10-16 }}
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Ideoblothrus linnaei 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 Mei Chen Leng. The specific epithet linnaei honours Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d3b54465-dea3-4b84-ae8e-bbfdaea6cee7|title= Species Ideoblothrus linnaei Harvey & Edward, 2007 |author= |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-10-16}}
Description
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the Pilbara region of North West Australia]]. The type locality is Mesa A, some 50 km west of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica.
Behaviour
The pseudoscorpions are hypogean, terrestrial predators.
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia
Category:Arthropods of Western Australia
Category:Animals described in 2008
Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey
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