{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Linnaeolpium | authority = Harvey & Leng, 2008<ref name="h&l2008">{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS |last2=Leng |first2=MC | date=2008 |title= The first troglomorphic pseudoscorpion of the family Olpiidae (Pseudoscorpiones), with remarks on the composition of the family|url= https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAMRecords_2008_24(4)_387to394_HARVEYetal.pdf |journal= Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume=24 |issue= 4|pages=387–394 [389] |doi= 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(4).2008.387-394|access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> | type_species = ''Linnaeolpium linnaei'' | type_species_authority = Harvey & Leng, 2008 | synonyms = }} '''''Linnaeolpium''''' is a monotypic genus of pseudoscorpions in the Olpiidae family. It was described in 2008 by Australian arachnologists Mark Harvey and Mei Chen Leng. The genus name ''Linnaeolpium'' honours Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), founder of modern taxonomy, in combination with the generic name ''Olpium''.<ref name="h&l2008"/><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd-g">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d2220274-7bcc-460e-a17a-8a4f3d504c6f|title= Genus Linnaeolpium Harvey & Leng, 2008|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the single species '''''Linnaeolpium linnaei''''' <small>Harvey & Leng, 2008</small>. The specific epithet ''linnaei'' echos the genus name in honouring Carl Linnaeus.<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Linnaeolpium Harvey and Leng, 2008|work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-19|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/838}}</ref><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fed21344-ea0c-4af4-8d5c-11cca3a81c1c|title= Species Linnaeolpium linnaei Harvey & Leng, 2008|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> ===Description=== The body length of the holotype male is 1.32 mm. Colouration is very pale, with the pedipalps and front of the carapace slightly darker. The eyes are much reduced.<ref name="h&l2008"/> ===Distribution and habitat=== This short-range endemic species occurs in the Pilbara region of North West Australia. It is known only from the type locality of the pisolitic Mesa K, near the iron-ore mining town of Pannawonica, about 1,400 km north of Perth. The holotype was found in a litter trap.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="h&l2008"/>
===Behaviour=== The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="h&l2008"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q20673482|from2= Q3241632}} {{Authority control}} Category:Olpiidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Monotypic arachnid genera Category:Cave arachnids Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Arachnids of Western Australia Category:Taxa described in 2008 Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey