{{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, 1930 | parent_authority = Harvey, 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. It is the only genus in the family '''Larcidae'''. They are found in North America and 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 |publisher=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'' Henderickx & Vets, 2002 * ''Larca chamberlini'' Benedict & Malcolm, 1978 * ''Larca fortunata'' Zaragoza, 2005 * ''Larca granulata'' (Banks, 1891) * ''Larca hispanica'' Beier, 1939 * ''Larca italica'' Gardini, 1983 * ''Larca laceyi'' Muchmore, 1981 * ''Larca lata'' (Hansen, 1884) * ''Larca lucentina'' Zaragoza, 2005 * ''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 |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=205–219 |doi=10.1636/K14-34.1 |via=Smithsonian Libraries}}</ref> * ''Larca aalbui'' (Muchmore, 1984) * ''Larca cavicola'' (Muchmore, 1981) * ''Larca guadalupensis'' (Muchmore, 1981) * ''Larca rotunda'' (Hoff & Clawson, 1952) * ''Larca welbourni'' (Muchmore, 1981) * ''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}}.
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Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Garypoidea Category:Taxa described in 1930 Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin