Pacal (arachnid)

Pacal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Pacal
Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995

Pacal is a genus of arachnid, belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida ("shorttailed whipscorpions"[1]). The genus contains three identified species, all endemic to Mexico.[2][3]

References

  1. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids (2003). Common Names of Arachnids 2003 (PDF online publication). R. G. Breene (chair) (5th ed.). Carlsbad, NM: American Tarantula Society. p. 42. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
  2. Harvey, Mark S. (2003). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpagradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-06805-8. OCLC 51271641.
  3. Montaño Moreno, Héctor; Oscar F. Francke (2009). "A new species of Agastoschizomus (Schizomida: Protoschizomidae) from Guerrero, Mexico [Nueva especie de Agastoschizomus (Schizomida: Protoschizomidae) de Guerrero, México]" (PDF). In James C. Cokendolpher and James R. Reddell (eds.). Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, part V (PDF online reproduction). Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, no. 7. Austin: Texas Memorial Museum. pp. 33–36. OCLC 315405633.

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