| Draculoides noctigrassator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Genus: | Draculoides |
| Species: | D. noctigrassator |
| Binomial name | |
| Draculoides noctigrassator Abrams & Harvey, 2020 | |
Draculoides noctigrassator is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions) in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2020 by Australian arachnologists Kym Abrams and Mark Harvey.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Dragon, about 44 km south-south-east of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.
References
- ^ Abrams, KM; Harvey, MS; Hillyer, MJ; Didham, RK; Harvey, MS (2020). "A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara". Zootaxa. 4864 (1): 1–75 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4864.1.1. PMID 33311416.
- "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Species Draculoides noctigrassator Abrams & Harvey, 2020". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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