Larca
{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous|present}}
| image = Larca boulderica.jpg
| image_caption = Larca boulderica
| taxon = Larca
| authority = J. C. Chamberlin, 1930
| parent_authority = Harvey, 1992
| synonyms =
Genus synonymy
{{Species list | Archeolarca | Hoff & Clawson, 1952}}
| synonyms_ref = {{Catalogue of Life|id=62XCX|title=Larca|access-date=21 July 2024}}
}}
Larca is a genus of pseudoscorpions. It is the only genus in the family Larcidae. They are found in North America and Europe.{{Cite web |title=Larca Chamberlin, 1930 |url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/pseudoscorpions/genus/Larca |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Western Australian Museum |publisher=Government of Western Australia}}
List of species
According to Pseudoscorpions of the World (version 3.0), Larcidae consists of the following species:
- Larca bosselaersi Henderickx & Vets, 2002
- Larca chamberlini Benedict & Malcolm, 1978
- Larca fortunata Zaragoza, 2005
- Larca granulata (Banks, 1891)
- Larca hispanica Beier, 1939
- Larca italica Gardini, 1983
- Larca laceyi Muchmore, 1981
- Larca lata (Hansen, 1884)
- Larca lucentina Zaragoza, 2005
- Larca notha Hoff, 1961
The following species have been placed in the family since then:{{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Mark S. |last2=Wynne |first2=J. Judson |date=2014 |title=Troglomorphic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of northern Arizona, with the description of two new short-range endemic species. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53151266#page/3/mode/1up |journal=Journal of Arachnology |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=205–219 |doi=10.1636/K14-34.1 |via=Smithsonian Libraries}}
- Larca aalbui (Muchmore, 1984)
- Larca cavicola (Muchmore, 1981)
- Larca guadalupensis (Muchmore, 1981)
- Larca rotunda (Hoff & Clawson, 1952)
- Larca welbourni (Muchmore, 1981)
- Larca boulderica Harvey & Steinmann, 2024{{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Mark S. |last2=Steinmann |first2=David B. |date=2024-04-25 |title=A new troglomorphic species of Larca (Pseudoscorpiones, Larcidae) from Colorado |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/120353/ |journal=ZooKeys |language=en |issue=1198 |pages=279–294 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1198.120353 |doi-access=free |pmid=38708379 |pmc=11066502 |bibcode=2024ZooK.1198..279H |issn=1313-2970}}
In 2014, Harvey and Wynne placed the genus Archeolarca in synonymy with Larca.
Biography
- Chamberlin, 1930 : A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 10, {{vol.|5}}, {{p.|1-48 & 585-620}}.
- Harvey, 1992 : The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy, {{vol.|6}}, {{p.|1373-1435}}.