Banksula

Banksula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Family:	Phalangodidae
Genus:	Banksula Roewer, 1949
Type species
Scotolemon californica Banks, 1900
Species
See text
Diversity
10 species

Banksula is a genus of harvestman in family Phalangodidae. Currently, ten species are described, all of them endemic to California, United States.

The genus is named in honor of Nathan Banks, who described the type species.

Species

• Banksula californica (Banks, 1900)
• Banksula galilei Briggs, 1974
• Banksula grahami Briggs, 1974
• Banksula grubbsi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
• Banksula incredula Ubick & Briggs, 2002
• Banksula martinorum Briggs & Ubick, 1981
• Banksula melones Briggs, 1974
• Banksula rudolphi Briggs & Ubick, 1981
• Banksula tuolumne Briggs, 1974
• Banksula tutankhamen Ubick & Briggs, 2002

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangodidae