Neoscotolemon
{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}
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| taxon = Neoscotolemon
| authority = Roewer, 1912
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| type_species = Scotolemon pictipes
| type_species_authority = Banks, 1908
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| diversity = 7 spp. (see text)
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| synonyms = {{Taxon list
| Citranus | Goodnight & Goodnight 1942
| Rula | Goodnight & Goodnight 1942
| Vlachiolus | Šilhavý 1979
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Neoscotolemon is a genus of harvestmen in the superfamily Samooidea with seven described species (as of {{date|Jan-2025}}). All species are found in the Greater Antilles and United States of America in Florida. An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).
Description
The genus Neoscotolemon was described by Carl F. Roewer, 1912 with the type species Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908.
Species
These species belong to the genus Neoscotolemon:
- Neoscotolemon armasi {{small|Pérez-González, Mamani & Proud, 2025}}{{snd}}Cuba
- Neoscotolemon bolivari {{small|(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945)}}{{snd}}Cuba
- Neoscotolemon cotilla {{small|(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945)}}{{snd}}Cuba
- Neoscotolemon pictipes {{small|(Banks, 1908)}}{{snd}}Cuba
- Neoscotolemon spinifer {{small|(Packard, 1888)}}{{snd}}USA (Florida), (plus dubious records from Cayman Islands and Jamaica)
- Neoscotolemon tancahensis {{small|(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951)}}{{snd}}Mexico (Yucatán), Belize
- Neoscotolemon vojtechi {{small|(Šilhavý, 1979)}}{{snd}}Cuba
(Neoscotolemon luzi = Metapellobunus lutzi)
Etymology
The genus is masculine.
References
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{{Cite journal|last1=Roewer|first1=Carl F.|date=1912|title= Die Familien der Assamiiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (= Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren).|journal=Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg|volume=19|issue=4|pages=1–294|doi=|doi-access=}}
{{Cite journal|last1=Pérez-González|first1=
Abel|last2= Mamani|first2=Vanesa|last3=Proud |first3=Daniel N.|date=2025|title= On the genus Neoscotolemon (Opiliones: Laniatores: Samooidea incertae sedis) with the description of one new species.|journal=Zootaxa|volume=5563|issue=1|pages=109–165|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.11|doi-access=}}
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Further reading
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- {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}
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