# Larca

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{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous|present}}
| image = Larca boulderica.jpg
| image_caption = ''Larca boulderica''
| taxon = Larca
| authority = [J. C. Chamberlin](/source/Joseph_Conrad_Chamberlin), 1930
| parent_authority = [Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)), 1992
| synonyms = 
<small>'''Genus synonymy'''</small>
{{Species list | Archeolarca | Hoff & Clawson, 1952}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=62XCX|title=''Larca''|access-date=21 July 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''Larca''''' is a genus of [pseudoscorpions](/source/pseudoscorpions). It is the [only genus](/source/Monotypic_taxon) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) '''Larcidae'''.  They are  found in [North America](/source/North_America) and [Europe](/source/Europe).<ref name="Pseudoscorpions of the World">{{Cite web |title=''Larca'' Chamberlin, 1930 |url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/pseudoscorpions/genus/Larca |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[Western Australian Museum](/source/Western_Australian_Museum) |publisher=[Government of Western Australia](/source/Government_of_Western_Australia)}}</ref>

==List of species==
According to ''Pseudoscorpions of the World'' (version 3.0), Larcidae consists of the following species:<ref name="Pseudoscorpions of the World" />
* ''[Larca bosselaersi](/source/Larca_bosselaersi)'' Henderickx & Vets, 2002
* ''[Larca chamberlini](/source/Larca_chamberlini)'' Benedict & Malcolm, 1978
* ''[Larca fortunata](/source/Larca_fortunata)'' Zaragoza, 2005
* ''[Larca granulata](/source/Larca_granulata)'' (Banks, 1891)
* ''[Larca hispanica](/source/Larca_hispanica)'' Beier, 1939
* ''[Larca italica](/source/Larca_italica)'' Gardini, 1983
* ''[Larca laceyi](/source/Larca_laceyi)'' Muchmore, 1981
* ''[Larca lata](/source/Larca_lata)'' (Hansen, 1884)
* ''[Larca lucentina](/source/Larca_lucentina)'' Zaragoza, 2005
* ''[Larca notha](/source/Larca_notha)'' Hoff, 1961

The following species have been placed in the family since then:<ref name="Harvey & Wynne, 2014">{{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Mark S. |last2=Wynne |first2=J. Judson |date=2014 |title=Troglomorphic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of northern Arizona, with the description of two new short-range endemic species. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53151266#page/3/mode/1up |journal=[Journal of Arachnology](/source/Journal_of_Arachnology) |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=205–219 |doi=10.1636/K14-34.1 |via=[Smithsonian Libraries](/source/Smithsonian_Libraries)}}</ref>
* ''[Larca aalbui](/source/Larca_aalbui)'' (Muchmore, 1984)
* ''[Larca cavicola](/source/Larca_cavicola)'' (Muchmore, 1981)
* ''[Larca guadalupensis](/source/Larca_guadalupensis)'' (Muchmore, 1981)
* ''[Larca rotunda](/source/Larca_rotunda)'' (Hoff & Clawson, 1952)
* ''[Larca welbourni](/source/Larca_welbourni)'' (Muchmore, 1981)
* ''[Larca boulderica](/source/Larca_boulderica)'' Harvey & Steinmann, 2024<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Mark S. |last2=Steinmann |first2=David B. |date=2024-04-25 |title=A new troglomorphic species of ''Larca'' (Pseudoscorpiones, Larcidae) from Colorado |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/120353/ |journal=ZooKeys |language=en |issue=1198 |pages=279–294 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1198.120353 |doi-access=free |pmid=38708379 |pmc=11066502 |bibcode=2024ZooK.1198..279H |issn=1313-2970}}</ref>

In 2014, Harvey and Wynne placed the genus ''Archeolarca'' in synonymy with ''Larca''.<ref name="Harvey & Wynne, 2014" />

==Biography==
* Chamberlin, 1930 : ''A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida).'' Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 10, {{vol.|5}}, {{p.|1-48 & 585-620}}.
* Harvey, 1992 : ''The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida).'' Invertebrate Taxonomy, {{vol.|6}}, {{p.|1373-1435}}.

==References==
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Category:Pseudoscorpion genera
Category:Garypoidea
Category:Taxa described in 1930
Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin

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