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Taracus
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Taracus

Taracus is a genus of harvestman, or Opiliones, typically found living in limestone and lava caves in the United States. They grow to a size of 2.0–5.5 mm (0.08–0.22 in).

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Taracus pallipes

speciesTaracus pallipes

Taracus silvestrii

speciesTaracus silvestrii

Taracus marchingtoni

speciesTaracus marchingtoni

Taracus ubicki

speciesTaracus ubicki

Taracus packardi

speciesTaracus packardi

Taracus fluvipileus

speciesTaracus fluvipileus

Taracus carmanah

speciesTaracus carmanah

Taracus audisioae

speciesTaracus audisioae

Taracus gertschi

speciesTaracus gertschi

Taracus timpanogos

speciesTaracus timpanogos

Taracus birsteini

speciesTaracus birsteini

Taracus aspenae

speciesTaracus aspenae

Taracus taylori

speciesTaracus taylori

Taracus spesavius

speciesTaracus spesavius

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172237.