Draculoides cochranus is a species of schizomid arachnids (commonly known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions)[2] in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Volker Framenau, Zoë Hamilton, Terrie Finston, Garth Humphreys, Kym Abrams, Joel Huey and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet cochranus refers to the type locality.[1][3]

Draculoides cochranus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Draculoides
Species:
D. cochranus
Binomial name
Draculoides cochranus
(Framenau, Hamilton, Finston, Humphreys, Abrams, Huey & Harvey, 2018)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paradraculoides cochranus Framenau et al, 2018

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in the arid Pilbara region of North West Western Australia. The type locality is Cochrane and Jewell Bores, about 40 km south of the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica and some 1,400 km north of Perth.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Framenau, VW; Hamilton, ZR; Finston, T; Humphreys, G; Abrams, KM; Huey, JA; Harvey, MS (2018). "Molecular and morphological characterization of new species of hypogean Paradraculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from the arid Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia". Journal of Arachnology. 46: 507–537 [523].
  2. ^ "Researchers count 13 new species of fanged arachnids in the Pilbara". Western Australian Museum. WAM. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. ^ a b "Species Draculoides cochranus (Framenau, Hamilton, Finston, Humphreys, Abrams, Huey & Harvey, 2018)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2023-09-25.