Banksula californica

Banksula californica is a species of harvestman in family Phalangodidae. The animal is less than 2 mm in length.

Banksula californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangodidae
Genus: Banksula
Species:
B. californica
Binomial name
Banksula californica
Banks, 1900

Possible extinction

The species is possibly extinct because the type locality, the place from where the type specimen of the species was collected, Alabaster Cave in El Dorado County, California, has been partially destroyed due to mining and has been sealed by concrete, making surveying impossible.

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References

  • "zipcodezoo.com". Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  • "Banksula_rudolphi_etc" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  • "NatureServe". Retrieved 2 July 2009.


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