# Geogarypus plusculus

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{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}}
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| genus = Geogarypus
| species = plusculus
| authority = [Cullen](/source/Karen_Cullen) & [Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)), 2021<ref name="c&h2021">{{cite journal |last1=Cullen|first1=KL |last2=Harvey |first2=MS |date=2021 |title= Two new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Geogarypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Geogarypidae) from northern Australia|url= https://museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/records/two-new-species-pseudoscorpion-genus-geogarypus-pseudoscorpione |journal= Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume=36 |issue= |pages=71–78 [75]|doi= 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.36.2021.071-078 |access-date=2023-10-19|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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'''''Geogarypus plusculus''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [pseudoscorpion](/source/pseudoscorpion) in the [Geogarypidae](/source/Geogarypidae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). It is [endemic](/source/endemism) to Australia. It was [described](/source/species_description) in 2021 by Australian [arachnologist](/source/arachnology)s Karen Cullen and [Mark Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)). The [specific epithet](/source/specific_name_(zoology)) ''plusculus'' ([Latin](/source/Latin): 'a little more') refers to it being yet another species in the genus.<ref name="c&h2021"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/346647a9-6179-47a6-8857-bea8c71da2ba|title= Species Geogarypus plusculus Cullen & Harvey, 1986|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref>
 
==Description==
The body length of the male [holotype](/source/holotype) is 1.65&nbsp;mm. The overall colour is brown to reddish-brown, with some paler and darker patches.<ref name="c&h2021"/>
 
==Distribution and habitat==
The species occurs in [North West Australia](/source/North_West_Australia). The [type locality](/source/type_(biology)) is the Shothole Canyon Road lookout in the [Cape Range National Park](/source/Cape_Range_National_Park), where the holotype was found beneath rocks.<ref name="afd"/>
 
==Behaviour==
The pseudoscorpions are [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_animal) [predators](/source/predation).<ref name="afd"/><ref name="c&h2021"/>
 
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Category:Geogarypidae
Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia
Category:Arachnids of Western Australia
Category:Animals described in 2021
Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey
Category:Taxa named by Karen Cullen
 
 
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