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Hesperonemastoma packardi

Roewer, 1914

a cave obligate harvestman

G1Critically Imperiled (G1G2) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G1Critically ImperiledGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111564

Element CodeILARAA4030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassArachnida

OrderOpiliones

FamilySabaconidae

GenusHesperonemastoma

Concept Reference

Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. American Midland Naturalist 64:123-160.

Conservation Status

Review Date2002-08-21

Change Date2002-08-21

Range Extent Comments

This species is apparently relatively abundant and widely distributed on the surface in the mountains and canyons in northern Utah, USA (Shear 2010).

Ecology & Habitat

Shear (2010) determined that this species is not cave species, but is instead, a surface-dwelling, leaf-litter species.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN1

Province	Rank	Native
Utah	SH	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mt. Aire	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	9,681

References (2)

Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. American Midland Naturalist 64:123-160.
Shear, W.A. 2010. <i>Hesperonemastoma smilax</i>, n. sp., a remarkable new harvestman from a cave in West Virginia, with comments on other reported cave-dwelling and Hesperonemastoma species (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea, Sabaconidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 72(2):1050110. DOI: 10.4311/jcks2009lsc0103