Biology:Afrozomus machadoi
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Short description: Species of shorttailed whipscorpions
| Afrozomus machadoi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hubbardiinae |
| Genus: | Afrozomus |
| Species: | A. machadoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrozomus machadoi Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995
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| Synonyms | |
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Schizomus machodoi Lawrence, 1958 | |
Afrozomus machadoi is a species of arachnid belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida, which are commonly known as short-tailed whip scorpions. It is the only identified species in the genus Afrozomus.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species can be found throughout Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.[3] They live in termite mounds, which likely provide Afrozomus machadoi with its food source.[4]
References
- ↑ "Oldstyle id: 44b5f64eec19f2e798900ca92e37a7a6". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/44b5f64eec19f2e798900ca92e37a7a6.
- ↑ "Afrozomus machadoi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=745239. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedLawrence - ↑ Beccaloni, Jan (2009). Arachnids. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-520-26140-2.
External links
- Reddell, James R.; Cokendolpher, James C. (1995). "Catalogue, bibliography, and generic revision of the order Schizomida (Arachnida)". Speleological Monographs (Texas Memorial Museum) 4. http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/personnel/JCCokendolpher/Cokendolpherpubs/index.htm#dec90s. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
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