Eukoenenia mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Palpigradi |
Family: | Eukoeneniidae |
Genus: | Eukoenenia |
Species: | E. mirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Eukoenenia mirabilis | |
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Eukoenenia mirabilis is a species of palpigrades, also known as microwhip scorpions, in the Eukoeneniidae family. It was described in 1885 by Italian arachnologists Giovanni Battista Grassi and Salvatore Calandruccio. [1] [2]
Eukoenenia mirabilis is a tramp species found in Europe and North Africa that has become introduced elsewhere. The type locality is Catania, Sicily. [1] [2]
The palpigrades are soil-dwelling, terrestrial predators. [1] [2]