Nemastoma lugubre
Nemastoma lugubre is an harvestmen species found in the whole of Europe from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Nemastomatidae |
| Genus: | Nemastoma |
| Species: | N. lugubre |
| Binomial name | |
| Nemastoma lugubre (Müller, 1776) | |
The body is small and rotund and 2.5 mm long. It is black with two large white, pale yellow cream-coloured or silver patches on the cephalothorax. Some specimens lack the patches and 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
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