Leiobunum blackwalli

Leiobunum blackwalli is a species of harvestman. It is found in Europe.

Leiobunum blackwalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Family:
Sclerosomatidae
Genus:
Leiobunum
Species:
L. blackwalli
Binomial name
Leiobunum blackwalli
Meade, 1861

L. blackwalli grows to 6 mm in females and 4 mm in males.[1] The second pair of legs grow to 50mm.[1] Similar in appearance to L. rotundum, the abdomen is broader at the rear and the dark marking broader at the rear than the front with a sharper cutoff than L. rotundum, and the palps are pale.[1]

This harvestman is widespread throughout Britain and Europe, though less common than L. rotundum.[1][2] It is usually found in woods or damp places, and also in gardens.[1][3]

References
  1. Jones, Dick (1989) A Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (revised edition), Hamlyn, ISBN 0-600-56710-9, p. 314
  2. Savory, Theodore (1945) The Spiders & Allied Orders of the British Isles, Warne, p. 163
  3. Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo, Machado, Glauco & Giribet, Gonzalo (2007) Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0674023437, p. 301


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