Banksula californica (Banks, 1900)

Alabaster Cave harvestman

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing (NatureServe, 2026)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Alabaster Cave, California, USA

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Briggs, T. S. (1974). Phalangodidae from caves in the Sierra Nevada (California) with a redescription of the type genus (Opiliones: Phalangodidae). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Science 108: 1-15.

NatureServe. (2026). Banksula californica: Alabaster Cave Harvestman. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 14 September 2026]

Ubick, D. and Briggs, T. S. (2002). The harvestman family Phalangodidae. 4. A review of the genus Banksula (Opiliones: Laniatores). Journal of Arachnology 30(2): 435-451.

 

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