Peromona erinacea Roewer, 1949:282
Spiny harvestman
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
The genus Peromona is monotypic (Staręga, 1992:294; Hallan, 2000-2017).
Conservation Status
Extinct (Gerlach, 2014, 2021)
Last (and only) record: 1892 (Gerlach, 2014, 2021)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Mahé, Seychelles
Type locality: "Seychellen, Mahé" (Roewer, 1949:282)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type specimen: female (Roewer, 1949:282; Hallan, 2000-2017), housed in the SMF collection (Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg) (Staręga, 1992:294)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Roewer, Carl Friedrich. (1949). Über Phalangodiden II. Weitere Weberknechte XIV. Senckenbergiana 30(4-6): 247-289, 12 tt. [20 December]
Other references:
Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Peromona erinacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196773A21579734. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196773A21579734.en. Accessed on 24 October 2024.
Gerlach, Justin. (2021). Peromona erinacea (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T196773A207436539. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T196773A207436539.en. Accessed on 12 June 2022.
Gerlach, Justin and Yu. Marusik. (2010). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press.
Hallan, Joel. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog. Archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/20160610152017/http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Podoctidae.txt [Accessed on 12 July 2026]
IRMNG. (2021). Peromona erinacea Roewer, 1949. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11622093 on 2026-06-21
Staręga, Wojciech. (1992). An annotated check-list of Afrotropical harvestmen, excluding the Phalangiidae (Opiliones). Ann. Natal Mus. 33(2): 271-336. [October]