Protolophus

Protolophus is a genus of harvestmen in the family Protolophidae from the Western US.^[1][2][3][4]

Protolophus
Protolophus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Protolophidae
Genus:	Protolophus Banks, 1893

ITIS Taxonomic note:

• While Protolophidae has been nested within Sclerosomatidae by some workers, it has been traditionally recognized as a separate family (Giribet et al., 2010); although a recent treatment (Kury in Zhang, 2013) does not recognize the family Protolophidae, others do (Hedin et al., 2012; Kury website 'Classification of Opiliones' (2014)).^[2][5]

Species

• Protolophus cockerelli C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus differens C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus dixiensis Chamberlin, 1925
• †Protolophus hoffeinsi Elsaka, Mitov & Dunlop, 2019^[6]
• Protolophus longipes Schenkel, 1951
• Protolophus niger C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1942
• Protolophus rossi C.J.Goodnight & M.L.Goodnight, 1943
• Protolophus singularis Banks, 1893
• Protolophus tuberculatus Banks, 1893

References

1. Joel Hallan (ed.). "Sclerosomatidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
2. "Protolophus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Protolophus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Browse Protolophus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. Kury, A.B. (2014). "Classification of Opiliones". National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. Elsaka, Mohamed; Mitov, Plamen G.; Dunlop, Jason A. (24 May 2019). "New fossil harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in the Hoffeins amber collection". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 292 (2): 155–169. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0815.