Neoscotolemon

Neoscotolemon is a genus of harvestmen in the superfamily Samooidea with seven described species (as of ). All species are found in the Greater Antilles and United States of America in Florida. An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Pérez-González et al. (2025).

Description

The genus Neoscotolemon was described by Carl F. Roewer, 1912 with the type species Scotolemon pictipes Banks, 1908.

Species

These species belong to the genus Neoscotolemon:

• Neoscotolemon armasi Cuba
• Neoscotolemon bolivari Cuba
• Neoscotolemon cotilla Cuba
• Neoscotolemon pictipes Cuba
• Neoscotolemon spinifer USA (Florida), (plus dubious records from Cayman Islands and Jamaica)
• Neoscotolemon tancahensis Mexico (Yucatán), Belize
• Neoscotolemon vojtechi Cuba

(Neoscotolemon luzi = Metapellobunus lutzi)

Etymology

The genus is masculine.

References

Further reading

• (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.

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