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Nemastoma lugubre

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Dyspnoi

Genus
  
Nemastoma

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Nemastomatidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Harvestmen

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Similar
  
Nemastoma, Harvestmen, Nemastomatidae, Mitostoma chrysomelas, Oligolophus tridens

Nemastoma lugubre is an harvestmen species found in the whole of Europe from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.

The body is small and rotund and 2.5mms. long. It is black with two large white, pale yellow cream-coloured or silver patches on the cephalothorax. Some specimens lack the patchesand are entirely black. The legs are short.

Subspecies

  • Nemastoma lugubre lugubre (Müller, 1776)
  • Nemastoma lugubre bimaculatum (Fabricius, 1775) — Europe
  • Nemastoma lugubre unicolor Roewer, 1914 — southern Europe
  • References

    Nemastoma lugubre Wikipedia